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- From: rick@posms.cactus.org (Rick Kirchhof)
- Subject: Re: Altitude effects on ignition timing
- Organization: Department of Redundancy Dept., Austin
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 17:02:58 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.170258.2443@posms.cactus.org>
- References: <1992Jul23.192955.2179@unislc.uucp>
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- In article <1992Jul23.192955.2179@unislc.uucp> wcr@unislc.uucp (William Rankin) writes:
- >I seem to recall that on non-computer controlled (mid 70s) cars that
- >the ignition timing should be adjusted for altitude. Anybody able to
- >verify this and if so, what is the adjustment ( degrees + or - per 1000')
- >The GM factory shop manuals don't say anything about altitude adjustments.
- >Just so I dont misunderstand, advance is more deg before TDC and retard
- >is less deg before TDC, true? The factory setting is 20 deg BTDC.
- >Since this car is already equipped with high-altitude emissions, perhaps
- >they already factored in an altitude advance into this number.
- >Any comments welcome.
-
- In general, the formula is 1 degree of additional ignition advance for
- each 1000 feet of additional elevation.
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- Example: spec is 6 degrees BTDC. Your car runs fine like this, you move
- to 4500 feet higher than you were. Change to 10.5 degrees BTDC to maintain
- the same performance. The formula works in reverse too. This does not
- address the change in air/fuel mixture which will occur. Mixture gets
- richer as you gain elevation, leaner as you loose elevation.
-
- Disclaimer: The above applies to non-computer controlled ignition
- advance. If your computer is in change of ignition advance, most cars
- will make this correction without permission or notice to you.
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