Re: Guy's there is a new sheriff in town.
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Grant said:
Actually, where I live (Denver and drive in the nearby mountains), the Noble would smoke the Z06 due to the thin air (turbos keep making boost). Z06 would be reduced to the same power and torque of the Noble, but the Noble weighs 700 lbs less...
We're not talking old carbs here. New cars ECU's in thin air compensate by adding timing or fuel. The power loses at high elevations are minimal now.
Since the last thing you wanna do when the air gets thin is to add more fuel, your argument somehow doesn't convince me.
As Grant implied, low air density reduces the amount of combustible mixture inducted by a naturally aspirated engine, and if your ECU starts standing on its head while whistling a happy tune, it is not going to compensate for that.
Modern ignition/injection systems do compensate better for high altitudes than carbs did, but they do not eliminate the effects of "thin" air.