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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 11:10 AM
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humidity

i know cars dont like humidity. does anyone feel a noticable differance in power on there cls when its humid . not very dractic but enouph that you notice it thanks
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 11:13 AM
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Yes! A BIG differene in hot humid south FL
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 11:19 AM
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not in the cl-s but in my old mustang it made a huge difference. don't know if it was heat or humidity, or a combination of both. when it was cold and dry the thing ran much quicker and more smoothly.
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 11:29 AM
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my cls feels half dead when its humid...
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 12:16 PM
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so i guess its our cars the humidity might effect the 3.2 engine more than other enginses
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 12:33 PM
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Originally posted by ga2000
so i guess its our cars the humidity might effect the 3.2 engine more than other enginses
Not true Temperature, humidity, altitude affect all internal combusion engines
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 12:36 PM
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dam humidity.. lololol that dam cl-s lol
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 12:43 PM
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Originally posted by ga2000
so i guess its our cars the humidity might effect the 3.2 engine more than other enginses

no it effects every motor out there. No one is exempt
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 01:04 PM
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I could really tell the difference between the hot humid air and cooler air when I started going to the gym at 5 in the morning. The drive there was great, b4 the sun came up, and b4 it got hot out my car felt great. Later in the day it was a dog.
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 01:08 PM
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My car went from spinning like mad hitting second on tires with good tread to not really spinning at all on them with low tread...Just saps the shi+ out of this car more than any other I've owned. I don't know why, just seems to be exceptionally sluggish in the heat as compared to a nice 55 degreem low humidity day...
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 02:58 PM
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We've bee having nothing but humid weather for as long as i can remember on the Island. Can definately feel the power decrease.
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 05:32 PM
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it does afect all cars just in how a combustion engine works...but where some are effected more than others is in the ECU...it's not enough that the water in the atmosphere is displacing oxygen causing a decrese in power but ...the heat soak that comes from our hot run heads cause the ecu to pull timing and adjust the fuel curve to prevent the inevitable knock that would otherwise occur...a double whamee
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 05:48 PM
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yup, when the humidity is down i can spin through first, or chirp going into second in my modded tl-p, but when its humid i cant even spin the tires.
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 06:32 PM
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My car is affected by humidity more than it is by temperature. Huge difference! I hate it when it happens....and it happens a lot in Chicago during the summer.
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 08:44 PM
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chaptorial i live on the island to before this week my car felt good just this week my car feels a little dogish same with you or no thanks
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 05:28 AM
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I haven't noticed it here, but then again we don't really get humidity in CO. I do remember in NY/MA with a 66 Ford 7 Litre it went nuts with humidity/rain.. YMMV
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