I gotta agree with Enrique. Barney you are UN-BE-LIEVE-ABLE! Good job.
Larry Hoy; Denver, CO. USA
1969 MGB Roadster
1987 Jaguar XJ6 VDP
"It's not how fast you go, it's how fast you go fast"
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of ENRIQUE CLAURE
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 7:53 AM
> To: Barney Gaylord
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: compression readings above sea level
>
> I think Barney deserves a round of applaus on the excelente information he
> supplied on compression readings above sea level. Thank you Barney you
have
> made my day. Enrique
>
> >At 05:26 PM 5/12/98 -0400, ENRIQUE CLAURE wrote:
> >
> >>I was wondering, if measuring car compression at sea level and at high
> >altitud say like Pikes Peak in Colorado will give same values? I was told
> >that measuring at higher than sea level will give lower readings? any
> >comments?
Barney wrote:
> >Atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude. And in the range of
altitude
> >of interest (driveable roads) the pressure drop is nearly linear, so you
> >can easily interpolate between the numbers below.
Big Snip
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