mr2-digest              Wednesday, 15 November 1995    Volume 01 : Number 032

re:cooler temps = higher hp

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From: uunet!aol.com!Jackman962
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 21:02:10 -0500
Subject: re:cooler temps = higher hp

>After thinking about it, I remembered reading an article in Popular 
>Mechanics about jet engines (including the new GE90) and how colder intake 
>air yields more horsepower.  I'm thinking that this priciple also applies to

>internal combustion engines after the engine has had a chance to warm up.  A

>colleague at work suggested that the denser oxygen from cooler temperatures 
>is the major contributor to this effect.
>
>Anyone else have any experiences with this phenomenon?

I've noticed it also that on cold mornings like this morning when it was
around 28 degrees F, that my 86 NA seemed more peppy.

Jack
Jackman962@aol.com




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