Man I love cold weather!

[Corner-Carver]

Second gear, roll into the throttle... HOP HOP HOP HOP! All with a CAI and Mac CB.

Can't wait until I do the chip/pulley combo... and DR's and MM IRS bushings, and...:rockon:

 

[Surfnerv89]

Yeah, it's awesome. It got down to 40 degrees here in Fl. and I was just breaking loose in second. I'm gone stock. I was following my brother and he started spinning in 3rd, going 30 mph. ( intake, exhaust, chip, pulley)

 

[maoun]

just don't break that rear end!

 

[Corner-Carver]

Originally posted by maoun
just don't break that rear end!

As soon as it hops, I'm outta the throttle. I saw what that did to my '99 Cobra.:bash:

I honestly belive that why some guys break halfshafts and some guys don't. The hopping "stress cracks" the shaft and makes it alot easier to break at a later date. Of course, no data, just my feelings.;-)

 

[CobraBob]

I've given up on any traction in first and second gear now that the outside temps are in the 30s and 40s.

 

[1time]

THESE BLOWERS LOVE THAT COLD AIR BUT TRACTION IS PRETTY SCAREY

 

[Silver 03 Cobra]

I live in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge here in NC and it was 30 degrees when I left work. On the way home on a two lane with a paved divider I met an M3 that has been showing his ass around me a couple of times and making these smart ass clown faces. He passed me a few weeks ago on the same road on a double yellow line going well over 100 in a 35 zone. It was dark and he came out of nowhere. He must have been in a store and saw me pass. This was the first time I ever saw him. When he cut in he almost clipped my front end. I started to go after him not to race but to have a talk about a dental plan. But I figured it wasn't worth it. So when I met him yesterday he started putting on that big shit eating grinm when he saw me coming. I was running about 40 in second. I mashed on the throttle just to spin the tires a little. I put on BFG 315 KD's a few weeks ago and have been real easy on it since. To my surprise instead of the quiet spin you get with F1's, the KD's let out a howl like a siren as the rear end rode out a little to the right. The clown boys jaw dropped. All the way home I pulled boost. Not sure how much power you pick up over your SAE dyno pulls but I bet at 30 degrees it would be 30-40 HP. If you dyno 460 SAE, then on a 30 degree day your actual HP may be closer to 500. Man I need one more crack on a 1/4.

 

[EatonEggbeater]

The big problem is as the HP rises from temperature, the traction goes down, here in VA.

I love the cold too, but if 1'st and second were bad before, they're worthless now.

And 3'rd is starting to get marginal...(fun, though!)

 

[CobraBob]

Wait till hotter weather comes. We'll be wondering what happened to our motors. You laugh, but it's true.

 

[Copperhead]

Wait till hotter weather comes. We'll be wondering what happened to our motors. You laugh, but it's true.

See...that's why we should all do a small shot of nitrous ;-)

Then you could have your warm weather traction AND your cold weather performance at the same time!

 

[THE FLASH]

I love it also. The car feels like a totaly different car.....bring on the vipers! I feel like I can take anything on the street or at the track! LOL Bring on the Hemi!

JC

 

[saadcobra]

Here the temperatures can reach 50 degrees Celsius in summer may be more

 

[bassin247]

The engine likes the cold air, but our tires don't.