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Power Loss due to ambient Heat (Summer)

Old Sep 4, 2003 | 12:24 PM
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Power Loss due to ambient Heat (Summer)

Does anybody know the power (%) loss due ambient heat. I noticed the RX has about 10% more power during the night. I feels "slugish" during the day. Can't wait for winter in Florida. The same power loss occurs with my motorcycle.
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Old Sep 4, 2003 | 02:53 PM
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Don't know % but a cold air intake would correct the problem if they are available for the 8's.
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Old Sep 4, 2003 | 03:00 PM
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It wouldn't just magically correct it. It'd help it but if it's 100 and muggy outside, there's not a lot of "cold" air to suck in anywhere, just slightly cooler than what's around the engine bay.

I doubt there's an objective percentage. "Noticable" is annoying enough for me though
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Old Sep 4, 2003 | 07:19 PM
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Yéééé!!!! If we can get the same winter as the last one, we had many days at -25... I might end up with a 275hp Rx-8... :D
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Old Sep 5, 2003 | 08:22 AM
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I was told by my service rep that you will gain 1% power increase for every 7-10 degree drop in ambient temperature.

I don't know if this is correct but it sounds plausible.
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Old Sep 5, 2003 | 12:31 PM
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Originally posted by TomsterRX8
I was told by my service rep
...nearly all technical claims by these people are 100% made up, with sometimes a few claims with some truth, and the rare actually true one. don't trust these guys with anything.
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