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Has anybody heard of the weather affecting the way a zetec runs?.......Mine runs like a champ until it gets about 80 degrees outside , & then it just feels sluggish...if so , what can be done to help it out?
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turn off the A/C  ok really it might be needing some cooler air however with there being no CAI (a real one anyway) theres really not much you can do other than make your own.
95 Tour ATX Zetec
EGR Block OFF
Polished TB
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it affects it very much. summer is just starting here, the car was a lot slower than previous weeks coming home today from school... oh well, that's just the way it is.
98.5 SVT
91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
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Yep. Cooler weather means faster car. Stupid summer temperatures and humidity! 
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Well the Zetec is temp sensitive. Running at the track it was at least 3 tenths difference when the car was cool and when it was running at normal temp. 
Hector
2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII
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RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED
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Originally posted by LoCoZ2.0:
Well the Zetec is temp sensitive. Running at the track it was at least 3 tenths difference when the car was cool and when it was running at normal temp.
odd didn't seem to make too much of a differance to my car... ran a 16.8 in 50F weather and a 16.8 in 880-90F weather.
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Originally posted by ZetecRacing:
Originally posted by LoCoZ2.0:
Well the Zetec is temp sensitive. Running at the track it was at least 3 tenths difference when the car was cool and when it was running at normal temp.
odd didn't seem to make too much of a differance to my car... ran a 16.8 in 50F weather and a 16.8 in 880-90F weather.
Guess the crappy ATX is temp sensitive  which is probably the case. 
Hector
2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII
257HP/259TQ
2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s
RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED
160HP/141TQ
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Originally posted by LoCoZ2.0:
Originally posted by ZetecRacing:
Originally posted by LoCoZ2.0:
Well the Zetec is temp sensitive. Running at the track it was at least 3 tenths difference when the car was cool and when it was running at normal temp.
odd didn't seem to make too much of a differance to my car... ran a 16.8 in 50F weather and a 16.8 in 880-90F weather.
Guess the crappy ATX is temp sensitive which is probably the case.
might be... however my engine temps do rise quicker sitting in the staging lanes when it's hot and that effects my times... which is why when it was hot out side of my miss shift against mike my times where up and down all day from 16.8-17.2
2003 Subaru WRX some mods
Even if you don't have the answer, you certainly have to admire the problem.
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