Fri, 3 Apr 1998 12:17:53 +0100
- Message No. 2540
From: Chris Longhurst
Subject: RE: Antwort: RE: Top speed
Colder air is denser, which means for each air/fuel charge in the
cylinder, you're getting more air for the same amount of fuel. Cold air
also combusts far better. So if you travel in cold air a lot, your
engine should run a bit more powerfully. On my old Tenere (in my
pre-enlightened, pre-@ days) I could get an extra 8 or 9 kmh out of it
during winter when the temperature was below zero.
Note: you can get chargecoolers for car engines which actually inject a
mist of water into the carburettors to cool down the charge going into
the cylinder for more power.
"Aaalrighty then" - Ace Ventura.
Chris Longhurst, Flight Simulator Graphics Modeller.
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/2195/
Work:clonghur@es.com
Home:chrisl@audicoupe.demon.co.uk
----Original Message-----
From: muehlberger@grz.co.at [SMTP:muehlberger@grz.co.at]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 1998 10:39 AM
To: xrv@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de
Subject: Antwort: RE: (XRV) Top speed
>Not so crazy. Just think about what happens to air when it is
cold or
>warm. When it is cold your bike will run rich, when it is warm
the bike
>will run leaner thus making it run better as the air to fuel
mixture
>will be correct.
Shouldn't it be vice versa???? Cold air contains more oxygen,
doesn't it?
Therefore, it should run leaner, when it's cold.
Achim

dipper@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de