ford number 1 Legacy Donating Member 602 Member For: 22y 27d Gender: Male Location: N/W Sydney Posted 15/03/06 10:45 AM Posted 15/03/06 10:45 AM I went to WSID tonight to race.Before I ring the tuner and ask ?'s I was wondering how much humidity affects the performance of turbo's.My best 60' was 2.29(not too good),my best mph was 101.34 with a time of 14.005..the humidity on my best run was 91% and was as high as 98% on my last run of 14.1..I want to drive to melbourne now and get it tuned by the guys who can back up with the times(HPF & NIZPRO)..Any advice would be good as the humidity and slow 60' is what I can think of..My mate who has 25rwkw more than me was slower than me and could only get 100mph.
turb06 Dark Knight Mafia Member No. - 666 Member 3,667 Member For: 23y 7m Location: Toowoomba Posted 15/03/06 11:14 AM Posted 15/03/06 11:14 AM how were you launching? Did you stall it up to around 2500rpm?Dazza.
ford number 1 Legacy Donating Member 602 Member For: 22y 27d Gender: Male Location: N/W Sydney Posted 15/03/06 11:19 AM Author Posted 15/03/06 11:19 AM I stalled it up to around 2300 on 2nd run and it started to spin.1st run was no stall which was quickest,3rd run was around 2100..
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 23y 10m 11d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 15/03/06 11:22 AM Posted 15/03/06 11:22 AM You answered your own question....
ford number 1 Legacy Donating Member 602 Member For: 22y 27d Gender: Male Location: N/W Sydney Posted 15/03/06 11:29 AM Author Posted 15/03/06 11:29 AM So dagabond high humidity does effect mph and times??
turb06 Dark Knight Mafia Member No. - 666 Member 3,667 Member For: 23y 7m Location: Toowoomba Posted 15/03/06 11:46 AM Posted 15/03/06 11:46 AM I stalled it up to around 2300 on 2nd run and it started to spin.1st run was no stall which was quickest,3rd run was around 2100..<{POST_SNAPBACK}>maybe the humidity did play a factor but it seems your losing heaps on the launches.Dazza.
Trough Lolly Member 4,349 Member For: 22y 17d Gender: Male Location: Mildura Posted 15/03/06 11:48 AM Posted 15/03/06 11:48 AM should be seeing sub 13.4's with that power...
silverman Member 121 Member For: 20y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 15/03/06 11:50 AM Posted 15/03/06 11:50 AM Was the track damp at all?just got back from a work trip and it has been raining on and off.I was going to go to wsid tonight but obviously couldnt.I actually live in Sydney and went down to Nizpro in Melb to get my car done.They did a great job and would recommend it.Just waiting for my flash box to come back as Simon is doing some fine tuning on it.
ford number 1 Legacy Donating Member 602 Member For: 22y 27d Gender: Male Location: N/W Sydney Posted 15/03/06 11:52 AM Author Posted 15/03/06 11:52 AM that's what I was expecting Trough.I will wait till it gets cooler and go back out.M y mate is off alot more than me.He has 267rwkw and the best he could do was a 14.1 and 100mph.We dont use the same tuner so who knows
ford number 1 Legacy Donating Member 602 Member For: 22y 27d Gender: Male Location: N/W Sydney Posted 15/03/06 11:55 AM Author Posted 15/03/06 11:55 AM The track wasnt damp.the track temp was arond 35c.Air temp was 26c..I should have flashed it back to standard to see what time it did
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