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Old 01-13-2001, 08:00 PM
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Default Horsepower loss at altitude...

what is the horsepower loss of a N/A engine as your altitude increases. I live at 6000 ft so Iam thinking turbo.
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Default Here is the NHRA correction factors.

This might help you understand. Some people think that turbo cars have no loss. This is plain false. Lower the altitude the more dense the air is.. the more power you make. Some systems will make less psi because they are load and Air flow based. But even a turbo car runs faster at sea level.

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Clark<ul><li><a href="http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/misc/altitude.html">http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/misc/altitude.html</a</li></ul>
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