16v has more power when motor is cold?

[jason@scirocco.org (Jason)]

At 03:38 PM 11/22/2002, Dan Smith wrote:
>Oddly enough, the old manual I had for my rocc said that 'Letting the car 
>warm up does nothing and is merely a waste of gas.' It surprised me and I 
>usually let the car warm up about a minute or so anyways (until the 
>defoggers start doing their thing and I can grasp the steering wheel 
>without my hands freezing to it) so take it as you will.

There's a huge difference between "letting your car idle to warm up" and 
"driving moderately when cold".  No one here is talking about letting the 
car idle for a half hour in front of the house -- they're talking about 
very little throttle and very little revs until normal temperature.

That said, my limit is 1/3 throttle and 3000rpm on any of my cars until oil 
hits 80'C.



>P.S.- I'm not really sure how you define hotrodding, but I never go 
>hotrodding around in my car. The closest I get is seeing how close I can 
>get to the estimated 4.9sec 0-60 time VW used to claim. I think that was 
>their claim anyways, I can't remember.

0-60 in 4.9?  Yeah, maybe if you dropped a turbo nitrous 2.2L 16V Scirocco 
off a cliff.  :)
Their claim to 60 was 8.0 or 8.1.  They did have an ad about 0-50 in 
5-point-something, though...

Jason




>  -----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?
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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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