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Old 10-26-2012, 07:25 PM   #1
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Density Altitude Calculator

I was playing with the density altitude calculator on dragtimes.com. Maybe some of the drag racing guys can help explain it to me. I ran my car a couple months ago and ran 13.65 @ 100.8 mph with a DA of 1484 --which I dont know if thats good or not--.. I changed the settings to be 32 degree day, 30.00 barometric pressure and 10 % humidity which gave it something like a -1500 DA.. I re calculated my 1/4 time with that DA it made it run almost a 14.0....Wouldnt a lower DA (lower temp, higher BP and lower RH) make the car run faster?
Just trying to absorb some knowldege
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