Can it result in more mileage? (thinking about upgrading my prelude Si to a Vtech) will I get more mileage if I upgrade my stock air intake to cold air?
2007-11-02 10:23:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Honda
The more horsepower, the bigger the engine. The bigger the engine, the heavier the car. The heavier the car, the more straining it has to do. That means lower gas mileage.
+++ If you have more hp you're going to want to floor it more often. =]
2007-11-04 08:21:59 · answer #1 · answered by iRock. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the other way 'round, Werner von Braun. There are some cases on a specific car where you can get both up together, but usually more hp means more fuel consumption.
Here's an example: Cylinder pressure. The Pontiac Solstice GXP has a smaller engine running at higher pressure than the regular Solstice. It has a lot more power and it gets better gas mileage.
Variable valve timing on Hondas is certainly capable of increasing both at the same time, but only because it can be used to raise cylinder pressure.
Cold air could go either way. It seems to me it should be bad, but I have seen at least one example where it wasn't.
2007-11-02 11:01:30 · answer #2 · answered by Firebird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More HP does not typically result in more mileage. In rare cases it does result in a higher efficiency, and can give you a higher mpg rating (this is more of a result in how the engine is set up), however in the majority of cases the large amount of HP is more of an indication of the additional fuel necessary to generate the HP and actually results in a lower mpg rating.
2007-11-02 10:29:04 · answer #3 · answered by hsueh010 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just remember an old adage. Horses must be fed. Horse power does not come free. May not use more gas per se, but more horses = more desire to show the ponys to the world, and the ponys get hungry real quick.
2007-11-02 10:40:08 · answer #4 · answered by mustanger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do not get anything for nothing.When you increase HP you usually loose out on MPG.
2007-11-02 10:36:09 · answer #5 · answered by the rocket 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what mostly happens when increasing hp is that one enjoys the extra power and uses it, thereby increasing fuel consumption, especially if the weight/power ratio initially was not satisfactory .
2007-11-02 11:17:47 · answer #6 · answered by Featherman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,usually it means less mileage.It takes more hay to feed the horse the bigger it gets.
2007-11-02 10:30:57 · answer #7 · answered by Lionel H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋