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Re: altitude
Posted by Nickshu (more from Nickshu) on Sat, 7 Dec 2002 10:24:47
In Reply to: altitude, IanColo, Wed, 4 Dec 2002 14:28:33
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While I no longer live in Colorado, I did for many years and owned 5 Saabs there, 3 turbo and 2 non-turbo. I tried K&N's in both the non-turbos. It helped a little at altitude, but the only real solution is to get a turbo. A K&N may choke the engine down less, but it can't change the fact that as pressure decreases, the volume of gas (ie O2) in a given area decreases. You're manifold and combustion chamber are fixed volumes and therefore significantly affected by this. The only way around it is to either add a turbo to a smaller engine (Saab) or get a car with a large NA engine where the decrease in power at altitude will be proportunately less noticable. Turbo is the best solution for altitude, in any car.
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