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Old May 11, 2007 | 02:34 AM
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Unhappy Damn Altitude!!!

i think i spelled that wrong but maybe not hahaha... but what i'd bitching about is that i hate living in UTAH!!!! the altitude is damn close to 5000 above sea level!!!! my 383 Stroker LT1 with Forged everything and a LE2 Head an Cam Package and every bolt on possible with a 3600 vigalante stall only did 380wrhp and 350wrtq!!!! my buddy with the same setup, same tune, everything living in cali put down upper 400's almost 5!!!! where do you guys live??? so i live there and put down some decent numbers hahaaha...
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Old May 11, 2007 | 03:15 AM
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colorado, density altitude last night at the track was 7800 and thats on a good night
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Old May 11, 2007 | 03:19 AM
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not only does the altitude suck here but so do the people... so judgemental... if your not a morman they don't like you hahaha
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Old May 11, 2007 | 03:49 AM
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before corrections track here is over 5800 above sea level, on average you'll see 8500ft DA levels up here
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Old May 11, 2007 | 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by 94z28L
before corrections track here is over 5800 above sea level, on average you'll see 8500ft DA levels up here
yep you win hahahaha
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Old May 11, 2007 | 04:15 AM
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nope i got screwed lol i'd like to take it down to sea level to see how it actually runs with some better conditions
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Old May 11, 2007 | 08:40 AM
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Turbo!
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Old May 11, 2007 | 09:14 AM
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Turbo!
Still not like at Sea level!
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Originally Posted by 94z28L
colorado, density altitude last night at the track was 7800 and thats on a good night
When I got out of the Navy I went on a cross country drive, my car ran like absolute **** in the Rockies. I'm always living in areas where altitude isn't a issue, so that was interesting, I thought something was wrong with my car.
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Old May 11, 2007 | 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Young_Z28_Racer
not only does the altitude suck here but so do the people... so judgemental... if your not a morman they don't like you hahaha
Hey i'm mormon you ******* I hate you!!!
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Old May 11, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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I love Tulsa Ok.......just over 700ft above...he he. Now only if this F N rain would go away. BTW...hate to make it worse but my 355 made more to the tires.
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Old May 11, 2007 | 08:07 PM
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Hey i'm mormon you ******* I hate you!!!
hahaha i love you though randy lol lol... your not a regular morman you a cool one lol you drunk'n made you hahahaha
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Old May 12, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by DroppedM6Z
I love Tulsa Ok.......just over 700ft above...he he. Now only if this F N rain would go away. BTW...hate to make it worse but my 355 made more to the tires.
Send that rain over here! My car is getting a ash shower everyday, damn FL fires! You don't even really feel like going out, gotta inhale garbage air.
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Old May 12, 2007 | 02:02 PM
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I'm somewhere in the 600's here in MN
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Old May 12, 2007 | 02:07 PM
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5800 ft and 8500 da here
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Old May 12, 2007 | 02:23 PM
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Does SAE not correct for altitude?
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Old May 12, 2007 | 02:47 PM
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Tell them to make a pressurized dyno chamber ALA Air Craft cabin.

BTW, for those who don't know. Turbo and Superchargers originated in aircraft for high altitude flying where they needed more power and couldn't get it via N/A. Quite frequently it was BOTH chargers on the same engine. Later, I think pre-WWII, auto nuts like ourselves, saw the potential of these for cars and grafted them on. And thus, the car versions came about They were a bit lost to people after WWII, but picked up again I think about the 1960s or 70s.

So while a Turbo WOULD help you high alt folks, it wouldn't get it's full potential as at sea level, but then again that's not exactly the point
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Old May 12, 2007 | 03:15 PM
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Its ok Jason. I would love to move back to cali but Utah is where i will be for a while
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Originally Posted by Formula350
Tell them to make a pressurized dyno chamber ALA Air Craft cabin.

BTW, for those who don't know. Turbo and Superchargers originated in aircraft for high altitude flying where they needed more power and couldn't get it via N/A. Quite frequently it was BOTH chargers on the same engine. Later, I think pre-WWII, auto nuts like ourselves, saw the potential of these for cars and grafted them on. And thus, the car versions came about They were a bit lost to people after WWII, but picked up again I think about the 1960s or 70s.

So while a Turbo WOULD help you high alt folks, it wouldn't get it's full potential as at sea level, but then again that's not exactly the point
I just learned something new today.
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Old May 12, 2007 | 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Formula350
Tell them to make a pressurized dyno chamber ALA Air Craft cabin.

BTW, for those who don't know. Turbo and Superchargers originated in aircraft for high altitude flying where they needed more power and couldn't get it via N/A. Quite frequently it was BOTH chargers on the same engine. Later, I think pre-WWII, auto nuts like ourselves, saw the potential of these for cars and grafted them on. And thus, the car versions came about They were a bit lost to people after WWII, but picked up again I think about the 1960s or 70s.

So while a Turbo WOULD help you high alt folks, it wouldn't get it's full potential as at sea level, but then again that's not exactly the point
So did N2O
N2o was used during World War II by Luftwaffe aircraft with the GM 1 system to boost the power output of aircraft engines. Originally meant to provide the Luftwaffe standard aircraft with superior high-altitude performance, technological considerations limited its use to extremely high altitudes. Accordingly, it was only used by specialized planes like high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, high-speed bombers and high-altitude interceptors.

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