Hi Mike,
SU's... unless he's changed them since I last saw the car, which I doubt.
Gerard
At 9:38 AM +1000 10/13/99, Mike Gigante wrote:
>Does your friend's car have a Weber or is it running SUs?
>
>My understanding is that SUs are much better at coping with altitude
>changes. I once ran a rally in my bugeye that took us to the top of fall's
>Creek (snow resort here but that is only about 5500 - 6000 ft so it is
>pretty
>marginal for snow!).
>
>I used a HIF6 carb on that event and had no problems
>at all. From what I remember, a few folk using Webers reported rough running
>
>Mike
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
>To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, 12 October 1999 18:12
>Subject: Altitude Sickness
>
>
>> Listers,
>>
>> This is from a friend of mine who's not on the list. Anyone have
>experience
>> in this area?
>>
>> Gerard
>>
>> >
>> >Gerard,
>> > Last weekend, I decided to get out of town for a few days to go on
>> >a road/ backpacking trip in my midget through Yosemite National Park.
>> >To make this trip bearable, I first had to put a few modest upgrades on
>> >my car. One of these was the installation of a new 40 Watt x 4 channel
>> >detachablr face CD player. The other was the installation of my factory
>> >style Spridget luggage rack. Any way the trip went great except for one
>> >thing, my car suffered from "Altitude Sickness".
>> > The entrance to Yosemite is roughly 4300 feet, which is where I
>> >started having problems. We actually drove up to 9000 feet but the
>> >symptoms got worse. The problems I was having was lack of acceleration,
>> >and fever. I figured that the two problems were related and caused by
>> >the lack of air, and the steep terain I was driving in. The altitude
>> >sent my air fuel mixture way out of wack, and the load on my engine
>> >climbing those peaks made my temperature guage soar. Is there anything
>> >I could do in the future to avoid this problem?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >John Christ
>> >
>> >farlex@pacbell.net
>>
>> G G Gerard Chateauvieux
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>> R R pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com
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>> R G Pixelsmith on Duty
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G G Gerard Chateauvieux
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R R pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com
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