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Altitude and carbs

To: "Jim Altman" <jaltman@altlaw.com>
Subject: Altitude and carbs
From: Dave Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 14:39:37 -0400
Cc: TR List <triumphs@autox.team.net> charset=ISO-8859-1
Jim Altman writes:
>Well, on my late marathon, I started at 1000 feet in Atlanta, went through
>St. Louis (500) to Denver (5280) to Estes Park (~8500) over Trail Ridge
Road
>(~12200) back down to 8000, back up to ~12500 (Independence Pass). Up,
down,
>back and forth.
>
>Never touched the carbs.  Never felt the need to touch the carbs.

In 1990 I drove my 6 to Boulder for the VTR and we visited Estes Park and 
The Rocky Mountain National Park.  This was before I learned how to 
properly adjust the carbs.  The car seemed to run better at altitude than 
at flat land elevations.  Or maybe it was a Rock Mountain High!  (apologies
to John Denver)

Dave Massey

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