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How are your EVOS in this heat?? slugish!!

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Old Jul 18, 2005, 09:57 AM
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Same thing happends to my Twin Turbo Z.

Feels like I lose about 20-30 horsepower.
Old Jul 18, 2005, 09:58 AM
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God forbid you run the a/c too... =/
Old Jul 18, 2005, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by MitsubishZ
So in all this heat, is it okay to track the car?
Yes, just keep an eye on the temp gauge .... you'll be surprised what the car can take ... Best Motoring did a test on a range of sports cars in extreme heat conditions (100+ F I believe), 20-30 min trashing on the track and the EVO came out on top unscathed followed by the STi ... some of the cars that did over heat shocked me cough*BMW M3*cough .....
Old Jul 18, 2005, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by inariv5573
Actually a Suby would feel more sluggish than our cars being that the intercooler is on top of the engine. All that hot air rising and warming the intercooler. Ours is low and front. So it gets the cooler, relatively speaking, air from down below. Not to mention it gets fresh air from being in front.
actually the suby intercooler is mounted on top of the transaxle, not the engine.

on hot days I pack the i/c sprayer full of ice from one of those self serve beverage counters at a fast food joint. save 10 hp e-z.
Old Jul 18, 2005, 02:02 PM
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95 degrees or 20 degrees my car will run the same.. boy i love an autronic and a stock turbo..
Old Jul 18, 2005, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by MaxR
actually the suby intercooler is mounted on top of the transaxle, not the engine.

on hot days I pack the i/c sprayer full of ice from one of those self serve beverage counters at a fast food joint. save 10 hp e-z.
It's still 'above' the engine though.
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Don't run the AC. That sluggishness you feel is probably from running the AC in hot weather. I have driven the car with the AC on and 4 passengers. Didn't feel as peppy.
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Originally Posted by inariv5573
Don't run the AC. That sluggishness you feel is probably from running the AC in hot weather. I have driven the car with the AC on and 4 passengers. Didn't feel as peppy.
I think any of those three factors will kill the peppy factor of this engine.
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