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Old 05-22-2009 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by asw7576
Tomorrow I have big race.

I usually use 20% nitro, C7TF glow plug, for normal sunny weather about 34C, and engine temp of my 3SCT usually around 116C - 122C.

The weather forecast on qualification day will be humid, colder maybe 28C, with possible rain.

What should I do, afm ?

Should I use 25% nitro ? C8TF glow plug ? Thank you for your racing tips.
When humidity comes on the scene past 70%, it is best to move to a hot body glow plug. For example in your first case move to a C7TC, and I would not increase nitro. I think the C8TF is way to cold for a .12 engine and is best used with 30 to 40% nitro on a very hoy day.We should also state that without touching head shimming, and or cahnging nitro contents, a hotter plug will make the engine rev harder and a colder plug will make more torque.

The atmospheric pressure, temperature and humidity all affect the density of the air. On a hot day, or at high altitude, or on a moist day, the air is less dense. A reduction in air density reduces the amount of oxygen available for combustion and therefore reduces the engine’s horsepower and torque. For tweaking the fuel/air mixture and compression ratio, the air density is the most important consideration.
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The Air Temperature should ideally be the temperature of the air that is going into the intake of the engine.
The Absolute Pressure (also called actual pressure or station pressure) is the ambient air pressure.
Relative Humidity is a measure of how much moisture is in the air compared to the amount of moisture that the air could hold at saturation.

Relative humidity is a function of temperature and therefore changes as the temperature changes, even if the amount of moisture in the air remains constant.

The air density is the actual weight of a given volume of air. This is a key parameter for engine tuning.
When the air density increases, you will need to richen the air-fuel mixture to compensate. When the air density decreases, you will need lean-out the air-fuel mixture to compensate.

Use the following as a guide to correcting your setting when the weather changes:
Air temperature: When the air temperature increases, the air density becomes lower. This will make the air-fuel mixture richer. You must lean the mixture to compensate for the lower air density. When the barometric pressure decreases, the opposite effect occurs.
Humidity: When the percentage of humidity in the air increases, the engine draws in a lower percentage of oxygen during each revolution because the water molecules (humidity) take the place of oxygen molecules in a given volume of air. High humidity will make the air-fuel mixture richer, so you should lean the mixture.
Altitude: In general, the higher the altitude the lower the air density. When driving at racetracks that are at high altitude, you should lean the mixture and increase the engine's compression ratio to compensate for the lower air density.


Hope this helps
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