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Sludge and or Carbon build-up? Funny thing happend on a road trip

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Yesterday, I went on a road trip with a bunch of Mustangs for the West Coast Nationals here in Lacey WA. Me and about 50 other Mustangers went to Mt.St. Hellens (the volcano). Needless to say it was all up hill. We reached about 3,000ft and all the cars started to get slow because of the thin air. I developed a headache. But anyway, I was running 3,000RPM and going 30MPH for about half an hour straight. When we all exeeded 4,000ft, the line of cars was near a crawl and I was doing 3500RPM and 25MPH. The car felt like it was boging down. We finaly got to our destination at 4,300ft at the summit. I turned the car off, and came back later and started it. The car ran great! I left the mountain and now my car has so much more power, it's louder, and has better gas milage! Do you think I blew a bunch of garbage out my tailpipe?
 

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It probably just felt better since you were going downhill and got real bad gas mileage going uphill.
 
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tealtiger93 said:
It probably just felt better since you were going downhill and got real bad gas mileage going uphill.
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Actualy, the results are still felt now even though I left the mountain. It realy pics up around town now.
 

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The elevation messed with your mind.

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BTW you need to stop your complaining about how slow your car was at 4300 feet. My car hasn't been below 4500 for years, and never since I've owned it. Hell, my local track is at 5800 ft. You want slow? Try 10,200 ft. and 90*.

Brian
 

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yep its in your head
 

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Hehehe if you thought it was rough riding in a car at 4300 feet, you should try riding a bicycle to the top of Monarch Crest in Colorado. It's 11,312 feet. I was able to feel the effects of the altutude near the top, but as long as I didn't push myself too hard, it felt ok.

 
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