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YES! ....and my car only breaks down when it's raining!
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You running a Ducati engine in that thing?roadrunner wrote:YES! ....and my car only breaks down when it's raining!
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har har , no....it's actually what some people call "jap crap", Isuzu diesel.....go figure!MODNROD wrote:You running a Ducati engine in that thing?roadrunner wrote:YES! ....and my car only breaks down when it's raining!
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I have noticed there's a direct correlation with running out of gas and leaving my cell phone on top of the TV at home.
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I am not kidding. Its true. But why?David Redszus wrote:Has anyone else ever noticed that engines run best when skies are blue?
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Less humidity?David Redszus wrote:I am not kidding. Its true. But why?David Redszus wrote:Has anyone else ever noticed that engines run best when skies are blue?
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I've noticed that too..... Strange coincidence? Hummmm......Shopboss wrote:I have noticed there's a direct correlation with running out of gas and leaving my cell phone on top of the TV at home.
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I'm not 100% positive, but I think clear blue skies are the result of a high pressure system. It also results in, as Stan mentioned above, less humidity.David Redszus wrote:I am not kidding. Its true. But why?David Redszus wrote:Has anyone else ever noticed that engines run best when skies are blue?
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Yes, you and Stan are correct. Cloudless skies indicate lower humidity with resuting higher air density since water vapor is lighter than air. Clear skies indicate a high pressure system which also raises the air density.Kenova wrote:I'm not 100% positive, but I think clear blue skies are the result of a high pressure system. It also results in, as Stan mentioned above, less humidity.David Redszus wrote:I am not kidding. Its true. But why?David Redszus wrote:Has anyone else ever noticed that engines run best when skies are blue?
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Could it be that engine tuning to the weather could be as simple as:
blue sky, go up a jet size, retard timing
gray sky, go downb a jet size, advance timing.
Perhaps. Needs testing and verification.
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My engines, especially any supercharged/turbocharged, always liked it the colder and foggier the better.
The blue sky runs better must be a NA SBC thang.
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Re: Blue Sky tuning
Both of my turbo diesels run much better on a cool evening, yet when it's raining I lose a small amount of power, and on a hot dry day I lose even more! This is a mechanical injection engine with no compensation for air temp at all. Where does the extra power come from? Does air expand at a linear rate as it heats up?
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