Gfaules Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 I am looking for "Knowledgeable" information regarding racing with carburetors at high altitude from between 4000 to 10,000 feet. I am building a car to run in the La Carrera Panamericana with lots of windy, twisted mountain roads but we will also be running high speed sections as well and some road courses along the way. From what I am told most teams keep two carbs already set up since it's easier than re jetting and this also keeps you with a back-up just in case. Most drivers use a fuel pressure gauge for take offs since the cars bog down so bad. So who has in experience to help shed some light on the subject? Gary Faules California's Best #44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneville44 Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 Hey Gary, You might try connecting with some of the SCORE Off-Road racers who run the Baja 500 and 1000 races. They run a wide variety of cars and a number of classes use carburated engines (VW and Porsche come to mind). Baja races start out at or near sea level and the race course usually gets into the peninusla mountain ranges which are as high as 10,000 feet in elevation. Here are a few links I found: http://www.score-international.com/ http://www.bajacoalition.net/ http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/ Cheers, Scott Neville NorCal GTI-Cup #44 http://www.norcalgticup.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuperdave Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I know a bunch of oil evaporated (no smoke or leaks anywhere!) from my 1992 Civic at Reno/Fernley earlier this year. I don't know the altitude there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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