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Old May 12, 2007 | 05:29 PM
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I was a bit surprised the other day when someone tried to tell me humid air has more O2 than dry air and thus car runs less hp in dry air. I always thought and I am not far out of chemistry days-the more humid means more H2O is in the air and less PO2-actually I am positive of this-so was this guy just wrong or is there some component of humid air and cars that I am missing?
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Old May 13, 2007 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by sleepyca31' post='423800' date='May 12 2007, 09:29 PM
I was a bit surprised the other day when someone tried to tell me humid air has more O2 than dry air and thus car runs less hp in dry air. I always thought and I am not far out of chemistry days-the more humid means more H2O is in the air and less PO2-actually I am positive of this-so was this guy just wrong or is there some component of humid air and cars that I am missing?

They are completely wrong.
Dry cold air is the most dense and makes the most HP.
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Old May 13, 2007 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by dgdoc' post='423998' date='May 13 2007, 04:04 PM
They are completely wrong.
Dry cold air is the most dense and makes the most HP.
That is what I was sure of but second guess when a supposed "expert" in cars tells me otherwise-sad thing was this is the fool that ran my dynojet disaster day-man the guy was a loon-really sad thing was he said he worked on all types of cars-including new bimmers-only god knows what a mess he would make of a new bimmer yikes
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