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I recently moved from D.C. to Colorado Springs where the elevation is around 6100ft. I have a BBK air intake on my car with dyno tune. Another prob
lem is the highest octane I can get here is 91. I took the BBK of and put the stock airbox back on and returned the computer to stock. My question is will can any harm be done if I run the BBK and the tune I got in DC here at this elevation?
 
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sam adams said:
I recently moved from D.C. to Colorado Springs where the elevation is around 6100ft. I have a BBK air intake on my car with dyno tune. Another prob
lem is the highest octane I can get here is 91. I took the BBK of and put the stock airbox back on and returned the computer to stock. My question is will can any harm be done if I run the BBK and the tune I got in DC here at this elevation?
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No you will not hurt anything, the reason you can only get 91 in CO is becuase at higher elevation you dont need higher octane. There is alot less air therefore the car will run richer and does not need 93 like you had in D.C.

Sucks how much slower your car is though huh?
 

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At the same time you said that you have a dyno tune? Those are more specific to not just the car but atmosphere as well. I would get another tune if it were my car...even though you may be running 'rich' or not, why chance it?
 
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