How Much Does Cold Air Effect HP
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How Much Does Cold Air Effect HP
With a cold air intake on a C5 how much does it affect you? I've noticed a very big difference from the common 15 degree temps in the winter in Kansas and the 100+ temps in the summer.
So how much of a difference does it make?
So how much of a difference does it make?
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Sorry I made a mistake here...Im human too. its 1.5 % for every 10 degrees this is the % used to calculate corrected and uncorrected dyno numbers.,..For C5's
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So is might and its not FI. The same went for the LT1 camaro I had, it just seems like it has so much more power in the cold especially when going onto and onramp when you have traction.
Must be an illusion...
Must be an illusion...
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Interesting, here is published research...
HP Output =
+1% HP per 10 degree temperature decrease
-1% HP per 10 degree temperature increase
One source here...(google is your friend)
http://www.banzairunnerpantera.com/t...techinfo_calcs
and a calculator so you do can do you own analysis
http://wahiduddin.net/calc/calc_hp_dp.htm
It's more about the density of the air and temp is only one factor of density.
But I guess when you feel it...nothing else matters
Don
HP Output =
+1% HP per 10 degree temperature decrease
-1% HP per 10 degree temperature increase
One source here...(google is your friend)
http://www.banzairunnerpantera.com/t...techinfo_calcs
and a calculator so you do can do you own analysis
http://wahiduddin.net/calc/calc_hp_dp.htm
It's more about the density of the air and temp is only one factor of density.
But I guess when you feel it...nothing else matters
Don
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Of course it's going to be a percentage.
I assure you my 5hp snowblower on a 30 degree day does not make 10hp on a 0 degree day.
Since this is the C5 forum, it is safe to assume a 700hp blown C5 packing the cylinders with more of that oxygen-rich air will develop proportionally more hp gain in cold weather than the stock 345hp car will in the same conditions.
Volumetric efficiency is not a constant. Think about it....
I assure you my 5hp snowblower on a 30 degree day does not make 10hp on a 0 degree day.
Since this is the C5 forum, it is safe to assume a 700hp blown C5 packing the cylinders with more of that oxygen-rich air will develop proportionally more hp gain in cold weather than the stock 345hp car will in the same conditions.
Volumetric efficiency is not a constant. Think about it....
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EXCELLENT
Do you take in account the temperature sent by the IAT Sensor or is this 1.5% value an SAE outside temperature value?
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Another factor to consider is altitude. My snow blower came with a blurb that said it would lose a little over 2% of its horsepower for every 1,000 feet of elevation over sea level. Considering it's only 10 HP and we are at 7,000 feet it ain't got de horses it needs here in the deep snow so we modified the intake and exhaust. It did make a difference. It affects my vert also to the extent you can tell it. 