The Ford Barn

marc hildebrant · 08-20-2010, 04:52 PM

Group,

I headed out today for Ward, Colorado. Ward is at 10,000 ft and I left at Longmont which is at 5000 ft. I was wondering how the car would do at a good altitude.

Original motor with no mods.

The trip was up left hand canyon from route 36 around boulder.

As I was climbing , the car was O.K. but I could sense that the power was dropping slowly. Just before Ward, around 9300 ft, I lost a whole bunch of power. Now, I also had around 1/8 tank of gas.

Do you think that I lost the power due to height or should I have had a full tank of gas ?

By the way, engine braking worked great on the way down....

Marc

08-20-2010, 04:52 PM	#1
marc hildebrant Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 1,128	Mountain Fade Out Group, I headed out today for Ward, Colorado. Ward is at 10,000 ft and I left at Longmont which is at 5000 ft. I was wondering how the car would do at a good altitude. Original motor with no mods. The trip was up left hand canyon from route 36 around boulder. As I was climbing , the car was O.K. but I could sense that the power was dropping slowly. Just before Ward, around 9300 ft, I lost a whole bunch of power. Now, I also had around 1/8 tank of gas. Do you think that I lost the power due to height or should I have had a full tank of gas ? By the way, engine braking worked great on the way down.... Marc