Re: high altitude option

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Sun Sep 26 1999 - 20:24:08 EDT


On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Patrick Delgado wrote:

> Does anyone on the list know what high altitude emission packages do?
> Specifically, will running a "high altitude" calibrated engine at sea
> level give more performance than the regular engine?
> Dr. Pat

   I'm not aware of the packages you're referring to so I can't
say for sure, but I thought that the advent of fuel injection meant
the end of needing to compensate for altitude? The MAP sensor in
a speed density system or the MAF sensor in a mass air flow system
should allow the computer to compensate for changes in barometric
pressure due to alititude or weather. ?

                                              -Jon-

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