Thread: High Altitude, heat, tuning and intake/exhaust
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Old 12-15-2011, 10:37 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by _ace_ View Post
Yeah, the oil cooler is my first performance mod, just for that reason. I did bolt-ons and a tune in my S2000 (previous car), and yes it helped. I was still making ~85% of the power I would make at sea level, but with the bolt-ons and tune, I just would have made noticeably more power at sea level, so I enjoyed the improvement.

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And of course with boost, you'll burn more fuel at a time and will have that much extra heat to shed. Like we're finding, it's harder for the car do deal with it up here. So at the end of the day you'll get back to square one, cooling, except the car will be a lot more powerful.
That is a lot of great information and helps me understand what to expect when I start adding mods. My takeaway is that more than anything the oil cooler and the tune may be the most valuable things I can do to help my Zeda perform better at altitude.

I am sure someone else will appreciate the information in the future.

Thanks a bunch and I will let you know how things turn out.
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