16v has more power when motor is cold?

[vince@performancecarstereo.com (Vince Royer)]

Speaking of extra power under different circumstances...

My last Rocco, an '84 wolfsberg, had a weird power spurt.  I was coming down
my road to my house after a long drive, and pinned it in third coming out of
a corner.  All of a sudden, the inside tire (to my surprise) let out a big
squeal and spun for a bit.  The car launched like never before and sent me
flying down the road. I pulled into my driveway and shut the car off
thinking, what the hell was that?  Couple minutes later I could hear this
weird gurgling sound like boiling spagetti sauce.  Pop'd the hood to find a
gross brown muddy mixture (water + oil) volcanising out of the expansion
tank. Shhhiiittt.  After that, I got the head milled, port + polish,
downpipe, throttle body, exhaust, intake tube, and whatever else.  The car
was never, ever as fast as on that last stretch of road.  What's up with
that?

Vince



> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Brandon Smith
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:54 AM
> To: SCIROCCO-LIST
> Subject: Re: 16v has more power when motor is cold?
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> Or things could be a lot simpler. Colder air is more dense. and since only
> 20% of the air we breathe is actually oxygen (here's the advantage of NOS
> over super or turbo charging, NOS=33% Oxygen).denser air means more Oxygen
> per volume is being brought into the combustion chamber.
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> However, I don't know about you guys, but I sure as hell don't hot rod my
> 16v if it hasn't gotten up to its normal operating temperature.
>
> Cold Dry Winter Nights, about 17 degrees outside, Let the Rocco warm up a
> bit, drive it a couple of miles, and Have some fun!
>
> -Brando
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