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Old 06-19-2003, 10:32 PM
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I just ran my car for the first time and I know the sixty isnt bad but I know theres room for improvement. Also how much would the temp and humidity I listed below affeect my times. Also I ran the car back to back as soon as I got there after an hour and 30 mintues of driving?
13.6/101mph(88 degrees and 93% Humidity)
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The 3 weather features that effect performance are temperture,humidity,and barometric pressure. Baro effects performance the most followed by temperture, and humidity has the least effect of the 3. I have noted this for years but it was recently confirmed in an article by Warren Johnson(NHRA prostock star) in National Dragster. Frank95z
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What are good barometeric,temp, and humidity levels. (Not really asking for perfect but pretty normal conditions.
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Humidity is water vapor in the air which takes up space, so the higher the humidity the less fuel and air you have to use for power. Similarly, the colder the air temp, the more dense that air will be so you can add more fuel, same thing with barometric pressure, the higher the pressure the better, that is all a supercharger or turbo does, increase the density and pressure of the air. As for specific numbers, just try and hope for cold days with little humidity and high pressure. Sorry if this is a review, but hope it will help
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Would some like 70 degree like 45% humidity be worth 2 or 3 tenths from the change of 88 degrees and 93% humidity of the night I ran?




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