On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Michael Sykes wrote:
> >>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. ?<<<
>
> $0.02 from Mike D.
>
> but isn't air that's higher up less dense?? isn't there less Oxygen in the air up in the higher altitude? As we all know, internal combustion needs oxygen to happen. With less oxygen, less combustion= less efficiency. I'm not a scientific type, so that's a pretty uneducated guess. =)
>
> maybe?
> I dunno... =)
Yep, what you say is true. However, that should show up on the MAP sensor,
and the computer can compensate. Thats not to say that the engine will make
just as much power as it would at sea level, but at least it won't run rich.
-Jon-
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