There isn't much high ground in Australia so I'm just hypothesising.
The problem stems from a lack of oxygen, not lack of air. I'm not positive
it would help much but my instinct would be to lean the fuel off a couple of
flats to bring the fuel:oxygen ratio back in line. You're gonna lose power
either way.
Andy
>From: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
>Reply-To: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
>To: spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: Altitude Sickness
>Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 01:12:01 -0700
>
>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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