A climb is a section of the race with a fairly steep upward incline. This is going to make the car sometimes not have enough power to go up the hill.
When a car goes faster uphill, it will not be so difficult for us to climb the slopes, which will allow us to drive faster in the city.
When a car is slow on a climb, it really is a high-risk situation, since it could be that the car suffers some type of stoppage that causes us to fall backwards, which could cause us some type of accident.
In addition, we can cause an accident to other vehicles, since when climbing slowly, there could be some kind of unexpected change of pace, which makes the other vehicles confused. Undoubtedly the slopes are very dangerous, therefore, you have to try to climb them as quickly as possible (within the legal speed limits of course).
What do you need to make your car go faster uphill?
- A car.
- Money and knowledge to tune up the engine.
Instructions to make your car go faster uphill
- Lower gears: Firstly, you can make your car run faster than usual on hills if you know how to use the gearbox effectively. Theory tells us that when in lower gears the car is going to have a greater acceleration, which will help us face the force of gravity and climb the hill more efficiently. For this reason, in the case of having to drive on a hill, we will go with the shortest gears, in order to have the highest possible number of revolutions per minute and thus be able to climb the hill. This is even more important in winter, since the roads are slippery, we must drive with shorter gears, in order to drive faster and avoid accidents.
- Turn off the air conditioning: Something that many people do not know is that the air conditioning in the car is capable of doing two things with the engine. First of all, it is capable of increasing its temperature, which can cause inefficiency in case we are on the cheap. Second, it causes you to lose a lot of power, since the car spends some of the engine’s power running the air conditioning. Therefore, when there is a hill, you have to turn off the air conditioning to be able to climb it better and not suffer any loss of power.
- Rear ballast reduction: When driving on slopes, the weight of the car can make more of a difference when driving slower or faster. If, for example, we carry a lot of weight in the trunk, this step will work against us when going up the hill, therefore, we will have more difficulty when climbing it. For this reason, the solution usually involves trying to remove weight from the trunk and rear seats. If the luggage you are carrying is important, try to move it to other parts such as the roof rack of the car or the front seat if it is unoccupied.
- Tune up the car: If the car is still having trouble going uphill, it might be time to do a little tune up on the car. First of all, it is to do all the pertinent checks such as changing the oil, checking the tire pressure and making it optimal, checking all the filters and cleaning the dirt. We can also check other components such as the engine, the car’s electronics or even look to see if there is any broken component that makes you lose power, such as the exhaust pipe. An exhaust pipe in poor condition is capable of losing up to 40 horsepower in the engine, which is not very good to climb slopes that we say.
Tips to make your car go faster uphill
Apply all: To achieve total efficiency when it comes to getting the car to climb hills better, what should be done is to apply all these remedies to make it do so. Try to drive in low gear, drive with the air conditioning off, drive with less rear ballast, and get the car set to 100%. If we do all these things, we are going to guarantee almost 100% that we can climb the slopes with some ease, without having problems of this type again.
