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Old 07-24-2005, 02:07 PM
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How does the summer heat effect your boost and performance over cooler weather. Please give your elevation also.
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How does the summer heat effect your boost and performance over cooler weather. Please give your elevation also.
power for any engine will be down due to a less dense AFR.
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My truck hates hot weather, thanks to the hot air Whipple. If you drive my truck on a 95 degree day then on a 70 degree day you would swear it was a different truck. I dont think the NA guys have it near as bad as us boosted guys in the heat.
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I've been quite impressed with how well my radix does in the heat.
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I've been quite impressed with how well my radix does in the heat.
Yeah, yeah,,,just rub it in, you and your "INTERCOOLER"

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Yeah, yeah,,,just rub it in, you and your "INTERCOOLER"

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I can feel a pretty big difference in the heat. My truck just falls flat on its face.
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yup a few days ago it was about 70 and i was like man nthis thing is fast .looks like i already got used to the heat slowing me down.
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Its been in the upper 90's here lately and it really feels slowwwwww.
Its not really that bad if I'm on the freeway at cruising speed for a bit to at least get the thing at ambient temp. As soon as you've been boosting for a few runs you notice the heat slowing you down.
Oh ya, no elavation here, at least nothing signifigant, close to the great lakes.
I hope the intercooler I'll be doing will help all this.
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I saw ~.5 in the quarter difference from 65* ambient to 88*.

I am running a radix'd 03 silverado SS with cam, headders, full ehaust and a boat load of bolt-ons. Mid to high 12's @ 100.


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