Climbing Pike's Peak
I was recently chatting with my brothers about how our Dad used to take us on camping trips in a truck camper back in the '70s. My Dad had an old '68 - '72 GMC (I think with a 6 cylinder) that was abl...
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skipnchar wrote:
The only thing that's special about Pikes peak is the altitude. Normally aspirated engines will be short on power at that high altitude. Grades are not that difficult with MOST of them being less than 8% which is not uncommon in the big mountains or even the Eastern mountains. With the turbo diesel you should have no problems though not sure what you'll want a camper up there for since there is no camping on the peak.
Good luck and have a great trip / Skip
Where am I supposed to put the camper for the hour I'm up there?
