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Old 04-06-2021, 10:42 AM   #33
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Originally Posted by vtirocz View Post
Maintaining the sea level torque curve up to certain altitude levels is definitely possible and is the industry standard with modern turbocharged engines (obviously controls strategy and hardware dependent). It's unlikely to maintained > 4k feet though (or ambient pressure / temp combinations less favorable than that), but will lose much less power than a naturally aspirated engine if set up right.
I would need proof for this. So you are claiming that a turbo car is set up to maintain torque as air pressure decreases? First I've ever heard of this.
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