startinghandle
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Has anyone noticed their tractors running better after 8pm in summer when air cools..... a local contractor said this earlier tonight
Do tractors go better after 8pm?
- Thread starter startinghandle
- Start date
I’m just coming to life at 8pm
Courier
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- Location
- M62 - M1 - M18 triangle
Definitely, that’s why Lubrizol performance test their additives in quarry equipment on overnight shifts - so much more repeatable results (Nephew is a tribology research engineer based at their Derby facility)
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Air is cooler at night certainly made a difference when silaging.
Mostly when it goes dark here some contractors come alive when the lights go on.
Night owls
Mostly when it goes dark here some contractors come alive when the lights go on.
Night owls
- Location
- Co antrim
Thats just so u can see the beacons, will also burn bit less fuel
Mark C
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- Location
- Bedfordshire
Driver performance is better as the phone rings less!
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
Cooler air will help performance but the biggest benefits are less distractions and easier to pull out onto roads. Big drawback is the tiredness.
- Location
- Co antrim
Sure a box of regal and red bull sorts that
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
Seems to be what they use round here anyway, I stopped smoking 20 years ago, and my best mate drank red bull till it rotted the guts out of him with stomach ulcers.Sure a box of regal and red bull sorts that
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Back in my teens I did a lot of hitch hiking. One old boy picked me up and claimed to be an inventor. He said that "water gas" added to fuel made it more efficient. He claimed that motors ran better in the evening because of the moisture in the air. He had invented a gadget to introduced water vapour into the fuel in a carburetor. I haven't a clue whether that is correct or not but I've remembered that old boy for nearly 50 years! Who knows? He reckoned nobody would take up his invention because they'd sell less fuel!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I think you/he was right.
We used to inject water or steam into the combustion zone of gas turbines to increase power output and efficiency. The steam expanded further and added momentum over and above air. I think the draw back that prevented its widespread adoption was that the water or steam had to be very pure otherwise it put deposits on the turbine blades which reduced efficiency.
Generally speaking the cooler the air going into an engine, the more efficiently it will perform, hence the use of intercoolers.
Storeman
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- Location
- South East Englandshire
Few years back, one of my brothers owned a Subaru WRX STI. Proper quick that was, it had a system for injecting water into the fuel/air mixture.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Well known fact, petrol cars with a carb have less power at high altitude due to air being thinner.
Ford worked towing limits out by using a gradient (not sure what it was) at sea level for this reason.
Ford worked towing limits out by using a gradient (not sure what it was) at sea level for this reason.
Yes probably right some old engines put water in combustion process some how . And some tractor pullers inject water in to the engine for better combustion or to stop them melting or something
Ali_Maxxum
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- Location
- Chepstow, Wales
I've often thought that ours go better when cooler in the evenings, always thought my mind was playing tricks but have thought it on more than several occasions. Never actually tested the theory, though.
Lakesdigger
Member
Air density simple. Cooler the air temp denser it is more of it you get into the engine.
Would water gas be hydrogen? Garage near us used to do an add on to improve fuel usage. Was a system making hydrogen from water and adding the gas into the inlet manifold
No it only injected water spray into the intercooler on the turbo