Cold Weather=More power. Why?
 

Just curious why our cars feel more powerful in colder temps? It seems the torque dip is not as noticeable and just overall better acceleration. No complaints here because I love it, but im just curious what the reason is? My last car was the complete opposite. I also have a few thousand miles on my motor now so maybe its just broken in?

Anyway, would love to hear your thoughts. Thx.

Lol, so many newbie car questions on this site. It's all good tho.

Cold weather means the air is denser, so the engine takes in more air, and more air in engine means more power.

because atoms

Yup. Exactly why people invest in COLD air intakes.

Divert A/C into intake...

Infinite POWEERRRRRR

Yep, the engine getting broken it may be part of it.

You're getting more comfortable with it may contribute.

As mentioned, colder air contains more oxygen per unit volume, which enhances combustion.

humfrz

Cooler air is more dense

because u dont have your ac on! :thumbsup:
jk jk




i miss winter when i had a turbo. +100000000hp heat soak ftl

It's the same reason your car drives better at night. :)

I'll make this fairly simple, if anyone wants a more detailed and scientific based explanation let me know and I'll write something more official up later, but as mentioned before, cold air means more dense air, or, more atoms per unit volume of air. Since air is what's required to ignite the fuel potentially more power as you can combust more fuel. Additionally, cylinder temperatures directly affect when the onset of knocking/pinging occurs. With colder air your cylinder will run slightly cooler allowing the ECU to advance spark timing a little more to gain slightly more power that way too.

The internal combustion engine is an AIR PUMP.

More air in = more power out.

(as long as the fuel delivery system can keep up with the correct mix)

Cold air = more air
Turbo = more air
:cheers:


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Ford actually did this on a couple concepts. Power boost for a short time.