Paging the smart guys around here, with knowledge of fluid dynamics and whatnot...
Take car A, it is a Turbo car. At sea level, where the ambient air is more dense, does the turbo work less to maintain X psi, as opposed to say 6000' elevation? Or does X psi simply flow more air at the lower elevation?
I could be swayed either way in the argument, but I'm currently under the first understanding (turbo works harder at higher elevation, but power levels are still the same), but the second argument (more air flow at lower elevation, more power at same pressure level) makes sense to me too.
Thoughts?
Take car A, it is a Turbo car. At sea level, where the ambient air is more dense, does the turbo work less to maintain X psi, as opposed to say 6000' elevation? Or does X psi simply flow more air at the lower elevation?
I could be swayed either way in the argument, but I'm currently under the first understanding (turbo works harder at higher elevation, but power levels are still the same), but the second argument (more air flow at lower elevation, more power at same pressure level) makes sense to me too.
Thoughts?