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Boosting in a higher altitude

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Old Jun 1, 2002 | 10:05 AM
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I just moved from New York City to Colorado.

My house is now at an altitude of a little less than 8000 feet.

I notice that my TII now peaks around 10 lbs of boost instead of ~12 lbs.

Is this normal? Should I compensate by turning up my MBC?
Old Jun 1, 2002 | 10:15 AM
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the air is thinner in higher altitude. i would leave it at 10psi or even turn it down a little
Old Jun 11, 2002 | 10:44 AM
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Since the air is thinner at 8000 ft, I assume that's why it's not boosting as But since the mixture of gases is basically the same up here, if I turned up the MBC to compensate, I'm assuming that it wouldn't damage the engine--I should still get the same mixture of gases once I set it to the original boost pressure, no?
Old Jun 15, 2002 | 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by LowFreq' date='Jun 11 2002, 12:44 PM
Since the air is thinner at 8000 ft, I assume that's why it's not boosting as But since the mixture of gases is basically the same up here, if I turned up the MBC to compensate, I'm assuming that it wouldn't damage the engine--I should still get the same mixture of gases once I set it to the original boost pressure, no?
Yeah, everything should be ok.
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