Throttle response (vs ambient air temperature)

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Jul 1, 2005 | 01:54 PM

Monoxide420

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Throttle response

Ok, I don't know why but it seems when it is hot out my throttle repsonce is horrible and really laggy, but when its nice and cool out it's just fine and it's nice and quick, or is there just sumthing up with my car lol

Jul 1, 2005 | 02:13 PM

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cool air is more dense and more power can be made.

could be a reason you think it is the throttle response

Jul 1, 2005 | 02:58 PM

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What kind of car? Newere drive-by-wire STi or cable driven WRX?

Jul 1, 2005 | 03:07 PM

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lol. . . its a 05 wrx impreza most likely cable. . I'm new to all this car stuff thats why i found this place to help learn sum stuff and answer question that my friends cant answer. but yea on the take off its liek blah. . . but when its cooler out then u can tell the dif.

Jul 1, 2005 | 03:49 PM

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do you have your a/c on when its really laggy?

Jul 1, 2005 | 04:26 PM

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you know what never thought of that i think i do lol
imma have to try it w/o it on

Jul 1, 2005 | 09:07 PM

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Well i just got done trying that out and it seems thats not it. It worked just fine but now its kinda cold out so hard telling lol . I turned the a/c on for awhile tried it same as it was off.

Jul 2, 2005 | 12:29 PM

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a/c causes greater parasitic loses, which is more noticeable on some cars and less on others, but it's probably just the temperature. n/a cars are actually more susceptible to temperature and altitude changes than turbo'd ones.