Is your scooby driving better in the cold...
Nov 14, 2004 | 12:21 PM
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Is your scooby driving better in the cold...
Has anyone noticed the performance in their scooby... maybe its just me... but I feel that with these cold sunny mornings, the scooby is driving much better...
Its hard to describe the difference but it seems quicker... or was I late for work again...
Nov 14, 2004 | 12:24 PM
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From: Kamloops British Columbia Canada
probably cos turbos like big gulps of cold air
Nov 14, 2004 | 12:25 PM
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From: Taunton
Nov 14, 2004 | 12:29 PM
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From: Beds
yep always, colder the better, cold mornings is like a larger intercooler upgrade
Nov 14, 2004 | 01:45 PM
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From: Old Detroit aka Chippenham
I thought it was down to the cooler denser air aiding better fuel atomization.
Nov 14, 2004 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Robocop
I thought it was down to the cooler denser air aiding better fuel atomization.
yup colder air
Nov 14, 2004 | 01:47 PM
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From: Darlington
This is why it is important to ensure your car is breathing air at ambient temperature, throughout the year and not hot engine bay air through a cone filter.
Nov 14, 2004 | 01:58 PM
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From: Brum
Noticed a big difference over the last couple of days
Nov 14, 2004 | 02:02 PM
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From: Old Detroit aka Chippenham
The big difference is when it's foggy. Problem then is you can't use the extra go because of the weather conditions. That is unless you drive like some of the ***** that I see on the M4 when there's bugger all visibilty.
Nov 14, 2004 | 05:04 PM
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Cooler air is denser, and the denser the air/fuel mixture the bigger the 'explosion' when it's burned & the more power the engine produces......which is why Subaru's decision to stick the intercooler right on top of a nice hot engine always struck me as a bit daft.
Nov 14, 2004 | 05:06 PM
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From: West Yorkshire
Yup in the last few days with my car as well.
P.S adeel ure name is a slight variation of mine lol
Nov 14, 2004 | 05:51 PM
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From: Farnborough, Hants
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Originally Posted by kilo_4que
Yup in the last few days with my car as well.
P.S adeel ure name is a slight variation of mine lol
Defo, well after the car has warmed up a bit....these cold mornings mean a few jerky gear changes for a few minutes....brrrrrrrr, chilly!!!
Nov 14, 2004 | 05:58 PM
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From: West Yorkshire
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Originally Posted by WRXPete
Defo, well after the car has warmed up a bit....these cold mornings mean a few jerky gear changes for a few minutes....brrrrrrrr, chilly!!!
I was gona mention that incase people think were talking about setting off on a cold engine without warming it up.
Nov 14, 2004 | 06:13 PM
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yep those turbos deffo like a bit of fresh air through em
Nov 14, 2004 | 07:26 PM
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From: South East
what an excuse for a blatt! and the verdict ... yup ... less dett too
(dont ask
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nice cold air - even though there is no horrible engine bay air filter
Nov 14, 2004 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DevilHimSelf
yup colder air
Helps the intercooler, too
All round cold air is a winner on my Scooby
Nov 14, 2004 | 09:59 PM
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From: Ibiza TDI - Causing a smokescreen on a back road near you
The fastest my blob eye has felt was during a torrential downpour...what's the reasoning behind that, then?
Nov 14, 2004 | 10:03 PM
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From: Cas Vegas
You were scared in the wet.
Nov 14, 2004 | 10:03 PM
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From: Cas Vegas
And frogs like a nice downpour.
Nov 14, 2004 | 10:06 PM
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frosty day, great !!, more power just as the grip is getting lower !
Love it !
Nov 14, 2004 | 10:11 PM
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From: Cas Vegas
Corner!!!
I'm allowed, because I've posted properly in this thread.
Nov 14, 2004 | 10:12 PM
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From: Kamloops British Columbia Canada
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Originally Posted by Jamesemt
The fastest my blob eye has felt was during a torrential downpour...what's the reasoning behind that, then?
natural water spray for the intercooler
Nov 15, 2004 | 09:48 AM
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From: Essex
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frosty day, great !!, more power just as the grip is getting lower !
Love it !
Yeh, summer perfomance tyres are real poor under 5 deg C.
Need some winter tyres me thinks.
Dipster
Nov 15, 2004 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Jamesemt
The fastest my blob eye has felt was during a torrential downpour...what's the reasoning behind that, then?
Higher combustable oxygen content, denser charge, more explosive potential..
Nov 15, 2004 | 10:31 AM
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From: The hell where youth and laughter go
My seems to be worse, My boost is tailing off out at high rpm.
Car is equally as quick, but certainly no quicker.
Will go investigating what's causing it to hold back later in the week (except the TD04
)
Nov 15, 2004 | 10:37 AM
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From: Cas Vegas
It would go loads faster if it had fake flames coming out of the back.
Nov 15, 2004 | 10:39 AM
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From: The hell where youth and laughter go
indeed
Nov 15, 2004 | 06:14 PM
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From: MSOCs tyre and ROTA wheel dealer .Ruisliptyres@gmail.com
mine goes like **** and i love it
Nov 15, 2004 | 06:39 PM
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From: grimsby
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesemt
The fastest my blob eye has felt was during a torrential downpour...what's the reasoning behind that, then?
water spray effect from the rain on your interwarmer = cooler charge !!
Nov 15, 2004 | 06:41 PM
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From: 1994 WRX STI VERSION 1 No. 21/200
Always drives better when cold - much more urgent.
Brian
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