hi,

I live in Montreal, and started to get cooler lately getting ready for winter (5-15C)

I can not beleive the power differance between 30C air temp and 10C air temp. It's completly unbalievable!!

when launching in first, when it was warmer, I could mash the throttle all the way to redline and my T1-R's woudn't even come close to breaking loose.

when it's 5-10C the car will peel from 3K to 6.5k and then PEEL AGAIN INTO SECOND!! up to about 60-70KMH. I was considering getting a 15% pulley but I would not want more power then this in a FWD car!

This is just crazy... this means that the poor intercooler is pretty much alaways heat soaked in summer at higher temperatures.

I know the tires will grip less in cooler temperatures, but the car pulls ALOT more.

anybody else see this?

 

by the way, I know my there are a bunch of typos... I'm french and I type fast.

 

Yes I have noticed the beast awakening in the colder air. If you like that colder temp power You DO want the pulley...

You may put off the pulley, but when you finally do it you will wonder why you waited so long.

 

I'm really looking forward to fall now. It would also help that I won't be running the a/c all the time.

Oh...how's the gas mileage in the colder ambient air?

 

OK, so 10c is cold, right? and 30c is hot? I'm Ammurican, metic sux....
Yeah, I know 30 is in the 90's and 10 is probably 40's but temps given in F are easier on my old mind.....I still don't know how big a centimeter is though...and don't really care...See, I told you I was American (I suppose to not tick off the Canadians, I should say USA not American...but again, why not)!

 

0C = 32F
5C = 41F
10C = 50F
15C = 59F
20C = 68F
25C = 77F
30C = 86F
35C = 95F
40C = 104F

and so on and on and on.

 

Thanks SR.

In montreal, temperature ranges from 105F in summer to -40F in winter, so I will get to experiance the mini in all imaginable weather.

 

Nice temperature range! I've been in Toronto in the winter and that's bad enough. Are a lot of the facilities in Montreal accessible below ground like Toronto? Anteken, -40C = -40F. :smile:

Steve

 

Yes, all major buildings and shopping malls downtown are connected via an underground network of tunnels.

 

Yup, you're absolutely right...cold air is your friend!!! It was 104F here the other day...I anxiously await the cooler temps.

 

Ditto 104

 

This brings up the question:


how will it performe when the air temp is -30 ? can the intercooler cool too much?