Why is it that at high altitudes, a force inducted engine will make more power, yet slower track times than that same vehicle at sea level?? Please clarify this for me lol
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Why is it that at high altitudes, a force inducted engine will make more power, yet slower track times than that same vehicle at sea level?? Please clarify this for me lol
For an engine to run you must have the Engine "Triangle" if you must. 1.Fuel, 2.Air and 3. spark. The higher altitude that you go, the Less dense the air gets, thus your engines is receiving less air per say. A Stock engine Will have more power at sea level than at higher altitudes. Here is a quick little formula. elevation x 0.03 x hp @ sea level in FT. so my truck at sea level has stock has 381hp when i travel to 2000' I'll have a 30.9hp loss. Vehicles do not have more power at high altitude than sea level.
BUT.. When you add Forced induction to a vehicle, You get the sea level air pressure, plus a little more dense. Thus is why if you put a supercharger on the same vehicle, one at sea level the other at 2000' the one at 2000' will have a much higher gain in power than the one at sea level, because your massively changing the air density.
When you go down south, you get the humidity factor added in the equation too.
Such as right now. I'm at 128' in altitude the air temperature is 87, pressure 29.98, and the dew point is 73.
My relative horsepower is 96.7%, with the current humidity and temperature its the same as me being at 2281' at zero degrees and no humidity.
But here is you a simple online calculator to figure that out.
Your not in the 12's if your running 8.8 1/8. Is it because of you location, or your just not hooking? If you get off to a good, 1/4 track down south I do see you in the 12's. pretty easy.
Not hooking up, and yeah, I bet I am in the 12s with some drag tires....Location (track is ******) is pretty crappy....Uneven and not prepared like a real drag strip should be.
For an engine to run you must have the Engine "Triangle" if you must. 1.Fuel, 2.Air and 3. spark. The higher altitude that you go, the Less dense the air gets, thus your engines is receiving less air per say. A Stock engine Will have more power at sea level than at higher altitudes. Here is a quick little formula. elevation x 0.03 x hp @ sea level in FT. so my truck at sea level has stock has 381hp when i travel to 2000' I'll have a 30.9hp loss. Vehicles do not have more power at high altitude than sea level.
BUT.. When you add Forced induction to a vehicle, You get the sea level air pressure, plus a little more dense. Thus is why if you put a supercharger on the same vehicle, one at sea level the other at 2000' the one at 2000' will have a much higher gain in power than the one at sea level, because your massively changing the air density.
When you go down south, you get the humidity factor added in the equation too.
Such as right now. I'm at 128' in altitude the air temperature is 87, pressure 29.98, and the dew point is 73.
My relative horsepower is 96.7%, with the current humidity and temperature its the same as me being at 2281' at zero degrees and no humidity.
But here is you a simple online calculator to figure that out.
Engine Tuning Calculator - dew point
Good explanation.
Also the name "Cater" is great. Anything that involves food I don't have to pay for, I appreciate.
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For an engine to run you must have the Engine "Triangle" if you must. 1.Fuel, 2.Air and 3. spark. The higher altitude that you go, the Less dense the air gets, thus your engines is receiving less air per say. A Stock engine Will have more power at sea level than at higher altitudes. Here is a quick little formula. elevation x 0.03 x hp @ sea level in FT. so my truck at sea level has stock has 381hp when i travel to 2000' I'll have a 30.9hp loss. Vehicles do not have more power at high altitude than sea level.
BUT.. When you add Forced induction to a vehicle, You get the sea level air pressure, plus a little more dense. Thus is why if you put a supercharger on the same vehicle, one at sea level the other at 2000' the one at 2000' will have a much higher gain in power than the one at sea level, because your massively changing the air density.
When you go down south, you get the humidity factor added in the equation too.
Such as right now. I'm at 128' in altitude the air temperature is 87, pressure 29.98, and the dew point is 73.
My relative horsepower is 96.7%, with the current humidity and temperature its the same as me being at 2281' at zero degrees and no humidity.
But here is you a simple online calculator to figure that out.
Thanks Cater, very clear explanation, now it makes sense to me. And thanks for those equations.
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1500 wattHifonics Titan mono amp HID 6000k headlights and V-LEDS 6000k led fog lights
Color matched tailgate handle, mirrors and grille surround
Jeepnuts311 LED door-handle mod
Blue LED sawp Gauges & HVAC Blue LED footwell accent lights and on sunglasses holder
Went to the track at atl. moter speedway.No times just heads up.the 265-40-18 mt street slicks will not workSpeedo way off and shifts way off it is even slower through the 1/8There just too small i think for this truckAny ideas?
Went to the track at atl. moter speedway.No times just heads up.the 265-40-18 mt street slicks will not workSpeedo way off and shifts way off it is even slower through the 1/8There just too small i think for this truckAny ideas?
Speedo recalibration either at the dealer or with the piggyback module would be at the top of my list.
So why does the slip say the run was 1/2/2002? These trucks didn't exist then lol
Come on bro! It's the flux capacitor, you know 1.21 gigawatts, he went back in time and ran his truck on real gas
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Speedo way off and shifts way off it is even slower through the 1/8
There just too small i think for this truck
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