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    Quote Originally Posted by Wh1stl3r View Post
    Do you guys feel that loss of power from NA engines at higher altitudes? They say it's 3%/300m over sea level.

    I suppose in Tagaytay it's negligible but Baguio is pretty high.

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    Probably wont be felt in non-overtaking situations with the prevalence of electronic throttle/Drive by wire allowing the engine's computer to compensate for the thinner air with a wider throttle opening for the given driver's pedal input.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LOLZ View Post
    Probably wont be felt in non-overtaking situations with the prevalence of electronic throttle/Drive by wire allowing the engine's computer to compensate for the thinner air with a wider throttle opening for the given driver's pedal input.
    Baguio is around 1400m above sea level lang pala according to Wikipedia.

    Maybe in another part of the world that is much higher (Denver?) it would be fun to compare a turbo and an NA engine with similar power/torque.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wh1stl3r View Post
    Baguio is around 1400m above sea level lang pala according to Wikipedia.

    Maybe in another part of the world that is much higher (Denver?) it would be fun to compare a turbo and an NA engine with similar power/torque.

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    It would only be fun if you have two drivers who has the nerve to squeeze out every ounce of power/torque available at their disposal.

    Quote Originally Posted by Wh1stl3r View Post
    Baka daw masira pag pinaabot ng 4k rpm [emoji846]

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    Kaya nga may redline so yun ang huwag abutin. Even if you do redline the tachometer, the engine will not just conk out and die. Di pa naman ako nasabugan ng makina. Hehehe


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    Quote Originally Posted by Wh1stl3r View Post
    Baguio is around 1400m above sea level lang pala according to Wikipedia.

    Maybe in another part of the world that is much higher (Denver?) it would be fun to compare a turbo and an NA engine with similar power/torque.

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    Or maybe higher than Denver, in Altiplano.
    Old Topgear presenters drove here in their Bolivia Special Episode. All of their cars were N/A engines. Of course, their engines became weaken when they reached almost the peak of the volcano.

    The Altiplano is an area of inland drainage (endorheism) lying in the central Andes, occupying parts of northern Chile and Argentina, western Bolivia and southern Peru. Its height averages about 3,750 meters (12,300 feet),[3] slightly less than that of the Tibetan Plateau. Unlike conditions in Tibet, the Altiplano is dominated by massive active volcanoes of the Central Volcanic Zone to the west, such as Ampato (6288 m), Tutupaca (5,816 m), Parinacota (6348 m), Guallatiri (6071 m), Paruma (5,728 m), Uturunku (6,008 m) and Licancabur (5,916 m), and the Cordillera Real in the north east with Illampu (6,368 m), Huayna Potosí (6,088 m), Janq'u Uma (6,427 m) and Illimani (6,438 m).[4] The Atacama Desert, one of the driest areas on the planet, lies to the southwest of the Altiplano; to the east lies the humid Amazon rainforest.

    The Altiplano is noted for hypoxic air caused by very high elevation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wh1stl3r View Post
    Do you guys feel that loss of power from NA engines at higher altitudes? They say it's 3%/300m over sea level.

    I suppose in Tagaytay it's negligible but Baguio is pretty high.

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    I'm above 2000masl... my 2.0 6at works OK. The corolla 1.6 4at felt weak. But the 1.6 7cvt corolla was good. I just mash the gas pedal til I reach 80kph I just let it downshift on its own.

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