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Drove to the cleaners on Sat and the on-board outside air temp read 116 degrees!
I'm going to park the TT until the weather cools down a bit. That's got to be torture on a turbo car..
I'm going to park the TT until the weather cools down a bit. That's got to be torture on a turbo car..
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Originally Posted by ari
Drove to the cleaners on Sat and the on-board outside air temp read 116 degrees!
I'm going to park the TT until the weather cools down a bit. That's got to be torture on a turbo car..
I'm going to park the TT until the weather cools down a bit. That's got to be torture on a turbo car..
Surely that would be Fahrenheit, lol
I was down South France recently and was roughly about 104/105 F, remember thinking how the car is way less responsive to the heat!
Would like to know from Mark or others some figures in power loss through hot weather!
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Hot's not bad...
The air temperature in Marin county was in the 80's, which is hot for the area. There was one benefit. No drone or resonance with my Fabspeed! I fell in love all over again! 
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I live in LA dam it... i pay for the better weather...but 110 on Friday and Saturday and sunday are like Humid florida heat waves...I want my balmy 75 with a mild breeze...This is B>S...
as for power loss... I feel the difference at 110... car just isnt as responsive i feel....or its me sweating like a fat kid in a snow coat on a sunny beach...LOL..
as for power loss... I feel the difference at 110... car just isnt as responsive i feel....or its me sweating like a fat kid in a snow coat on a sunny beach...LOL..
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Originally Posted by ari
I'm going to park the TT until the weather cools down a bit. That's got to be torture on a turbo car..
for everyone else, the power loss comes from the less dense air. if i remember correctly, it's a 1:1 correspondance between air density differential and power. for example, if the density differential is 5%, you will lose 5hp.
in practical terms, i believe it was every 5 degrees = 1 less hp.
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Originally Posted by carendt242
you should be fine if you are indeed bone stock. (although sharky was telling me he had a pinging cayenne turbo in the shop over the weekend..)
for everyone else, the power loss comes from the less dense air. if i remember correctly, it's a 1:1 correspondance between air density differential and power. for example, if the density differential is 5%, you will lose 5hp.
in practical terms, i believe it was every 5 degrees = 1 less hp.
- chuck
for everyone else, the power loss comes from the less dense air. if i remember correctly, it's a 1:1 correspondance between air density differential and power. for example, if the density differential is 5%, you will lose 5hp.
in practical terms, i believe it was every 5 degrees = 1 less hp.
- chuck
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Originally Posted by Redlinerobert
I heard it was 117 in Gilroy on Saturday. I was at Moto GP, where track temps were 12 degrees higher that it's ever been before.
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