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    Registered User 04EP3Hatch's Avatar
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    Thumbs down Inconsistent Power?

    Any other turbo guy having this issue? Sometimes on a 45-50 degree crisp night my car feels awesome, has gob's of pOwer, but on a night like tonight it's 70 degrees with 93% humidity and the car feels gutless, won't even spin in second gear :( does weather really affect turbo cars this much? I'm used to the water/meth setup on my jrsc that even on hot days a couple full throttle sprints on meth it was pulling great cause it cooled the blower/intake down so well.

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    check out a datalog, see if everything is all right. i have it sometime but i think its my filter because its old and nasty. humidity and heat + nasty filter = slo flow. i put my dryflow on and it gets crazy spool.

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    i do have a shitty autozone short filter on there :*( time was getting tight and thats the only filter i could find that fit on the turbine between it and the harness/fuel line. Im making a 3" intake pipe off the turbo and placing the airfilter near the battery so it isnt sucking in such hot air of the back of the motor.

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    Humidity and heat both make turbo cars and any other car run like shit. I had a dyno day, that took place over the entire course of a day. With the same basic setup, it made 15-20 more hp once the temperature dropped from 79 to 55-60 degrees. This is normal, although, you could still check a datalog if it would make you feel better. ; )

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    Stop complaining. Put the meth back in then buster!.... The buster brought me back

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    Quote Originally Posted by superchargedk20 View Post
    Stop complaining. Put the meth back in then buster!.... The buster brought me back
    Sounds like a good quote to use in a movie! Oh wait....

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    haha i do miss the meth kit, made the car a lot more consistent when i was JRSC, hot lapping at the track actually made it faster and faster

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    Speaking of movies. Me and the gf watched this horrible street racing movie called 200 mph on netflix last night ... Fail

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    moving the air pickup isnt going to help it the turbo will heat it right back up

    humidity affects the function of the intercooler


    tommy i taught you better
    Last edited by Passenger; 04-03-2009 at 11:10 PM.
    i once had a 592whp ep on pump gas, i sold it and bought a Z
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