Thread: WEC Race Sao Paulo 6 Hours 2012
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Old 7 Sep 2012, 23:08 (Ref:3132715)   #34
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Excuse my total ignorance, but since the lower amount of power is the result of thinner air on high altitude, aren't the N/A engines just less efficient on the highlands? Therefore, don't they make less power (compared to levels achievable on lowlands) out of the same amount of fuel?
Indeed, fuel will have to be increased to produce the same amount of power, only making it less efficient. The Audi's turbocharged six will not suffer nearly as much in the thinner air.
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