Re: Potters and high altitude

hlg@pacbell.net
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:33:49 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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When I had my P14 at Tahoe two years ago, my Seagull wouldn't start with
the choke. With the thin air the fuel-air mixture was already rich enough
apparently. It ran okay as I recall.

Harry Gordon
P15 #234, Manatee
Seagull Forty Plus
Mountain View, CA

>> Our brand new Nissan 5 ran like poop at 6000 feet altitude. In fact it
>> stalled out every time we put it in idle to switch gears. Didn't have any
>> power under half throttle either. I don't know how the other Nissan 5's at
>> the Tahoe sail performed, maybe they didn't have much power either, but at
>> least they didn't stall out.
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>Honda 5 ran like champion under same conditions.
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>Any other data points out there?
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>Regards,
>
>Bill Combs
>WWP 19 #439 (Aug 1987)
>"Ursa Minor"
>Fort Walton Beach FL
>ttursine@gnt.net