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Re: Altitude Sickness

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Subject: Re: Altitude Sickness
From: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:16:12 -0400
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Reply-to: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
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The only thing I know to do is readjust the mixture periodically as you
climb.  Count the flats as you lean it out (or un-richen) and reverse
the process on the way back down and you should do fine.

Gerard Chateauvieux wrote:
> 
> 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
>  E A
>   R R        pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com
>    A A
>     R G          Pixelsmith  on  Duty
>      D E
>       S      http://www.gerardsgarage.com

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