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Originally Posted by KamperBob
Usually thinner air at elevation leads to richer mixture and less efficient. The rule I recall is a normally aspirated engine loses 2% max power per 1000' elevation. So 6500' should pay a 13% handicap compared to sea level by all rights. Then again, maybe you know something others don't... 
Cheers
KB |
The engine adjusts gas according to how much air is going in though... not volume but actual mass... right? That's the basis for hot air intakes.
When I had a Grand Cherokee I got much higher gas mileage driving around Montana and Wyoming than Texas.