It hit 108 sometime last week here in Va(atleast thats what the car thermometer said and boy it did feel like it too) and I didn't noticed any loss in power.
SS slow in the heat
Well, it was 118 yesterday, and 96 degrees at midnight. Boy does the heat kill the performance of our cars! There is like ZERO density in the air going to my engine right now. I won't really know the true power of my car until winter hits, and i can feel the power more. I'm just not rally feeling it now (other than in first gear). LOL I don't really know why I startesd a thread for this, but mayube there are some Az people on here that own SS's or SRT's that could tell me if there's a noticeable performance difference in FI cars during winter and summer months.
reason I bring this up is cuz the car doesn't seem much faster than my SVT Focus
reason I bring this up is cuz the car doesn't seem much faster than my SVT Focus
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I hope you're running some 91+ octane in her. High tempertures and low humidity, require higher octanes 3-5points worth to get the same power levels as lower temps. I see you live in AZ, enough said. Just remember the freaks come out at night, 70-75 degree air and life is good. Don't feel bad even the srt doesn't like 90+ weather either, just doesn't make good power in the heat, but the boost gauge is always peaking 17+ with the warm air.
Don't feel bad even the srt doesn't like 90+ weather either, just doesn't make good power in the heat, but the boost gauge is always peaking 17+ with the warm air. Ah.. The midwest, where you get 8 months of good driving weather. As for the other for other 4 months. Well I think you guys can figure what happens then.
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