Re: 1 MoRe: Fuel pump... and Altitude Sickness

["Peter C." <nosimport@mailbag.com>]

Soave,..... you got an OFF button?
        Go watch the game........
Peter  C(od)
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At 07:28 PM 10/13/1999 , you wrote:
>> And I know the O2 level in a given quantity of air
>> is lower at altitude! 
>
>Actually, it is less for a given VOLUME of air, not
>mass (a pound of air  is a pound is a pound).  That's
>why EFI cars do better with mass flowmeters at
>altitude.  It is the density that lessens at altitude.
> density is = 2.7 * pressure (in psia) / temperature
>(in dgrees rankine, which is F +460).  Lower altitude,
>higher pressure, denser air.
>
>=====
>Ron Soave
>"You Are What You Remember"
>1960 Bugeye
>1972 BGT