Higher revs while cold starting a car (Video ingame)

Discussion in 'Ideas and Suggestions' started by galaxynote2, Feb 18, 2018.

  1. galaxynote2

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    As the title says, it would be really great to have the car idling at 1.500, 2.500 RPM while it's cold. In real life, cold weather will not help with the vaporization process of the fuel, and the liquid, unburned fuel would kill the spark and stall the engine. For this reason, cars -normally older ones- would rev the engine a little bit more (1500 - 2500 RPM depending of the temperature) after a cold start. This feature would make the "Start engines preheated" option more useful. Here's a simple video I did to explain this:

    (Turn up the volume for some earporn)
     
  2. Dr. Death

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    Not a bad idea. I support it after all the engine knows exactly what the temperature of the oil and water is anyways.

    Another reason for high idle during these starts its to get as much centrifugal force on the moving parts as possible to increase hydroplanning until the oil pressure goes up to prevent wear and tear of components during start up.
     
  3. Michaelflat

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    And to get the cat up to temperature as soon as possible.
    I don't know if anyone can check but does this still happen when the transmission is in Drive?
    Only automatic car I have seen is diesel so it doesn't do this at all
     
  4. Dr. Death

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    Its not so much about the catalizer. Modern Cats or anything post late 90's has a heater to help with that.
     
  5. Sebas-Kitty

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    what mod is this? i like the engine
     
  6. galaxynote2

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    It's the V10 Modpack.
     
  7. wearyNATE15

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    what wheel? i have the default gp whee; with the tires and track width and they dont look as big
     
  8. Nivracer

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    Catalytic converters do not have heaters. We have heated Oxygen sensors to get the car into closed loop as soon as possible and secondary air injection to heat up the cat faster.
     
  9. galaxynote2

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    Here's my config. I wanted to reproduce my old Isuzu Trooper (with the exception of the Engine, of course).
    You'll definetly need the V10 Mod Pack. I've also downloaded the Wheel Hub Conversion pack, but I'm not sure if it already came with the game or was added with this mod. It is... just there. Lol
     
  10. Dr. Death

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    aint they the same thing? the point is that they use an external device to heat up the sensor that way it can work properly.
     
  11. Nivracer

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    Is what the same thing? Yes they use external devices to heat up the cat, which is the secondary air injection. Oxygen sensors use built in heaters to heat them up. Cats don't have heaters built into them.
     
  12. Dr. Death

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    Right. I messed up and forgot the Lambda sensor wasn't the same thing as the cat for some reason.
     
  13. Sebas-Kitty

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    Hmm i cant seem to find it
     
  14. Taza

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    Literally the first thing on the mods page
     
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