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Youll lose power at altitude, how high are you climbing? Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Martinez" <wfoh8x9@msn.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 6:24 PM Subject: [T3] Hill Climbing and power loss. > OK > > I wanted to ask the experts out there about the loss of speed when > approaching and climbing hills on the highway. I drove to Alabama from > Arizona and it seemed that every time that I started climbing a hill my > speed dropped at least 10-15 mph. On the straight ways I had no problem with > doing 65-70. Is this some indication that I might have some compression > leaking, maybe a burnt valve? I know my cylinders, piston rings are good to > go I replaced rings and honed my cylinders on my engine before I left. I > cleaned the carbon on my heads but did not do a rebuild of them. I think > this will be my next course of action. > > Thanks > David > 67 Baltic Blue Fasty > Ft Rucker Alabama > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org >