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Old 04-21-2013, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by AL427SBF View Post
Alarming that these expensive tight clearance well balanced builds can't take throttle at 2500 RPM. Road course guys must be walking on egg shells every time they exit the apex and roll it on to WOT @ 2800

Off-idle RPM = 2500, interesting
2000 RPM = fast idle?
"Taking throttle" and accelerating at 2500 or 2800 is completely different than being held at full load at WOT at 2500-2800. Comparing watermelons and plums here.

Not sure if you've ever been present at a dyno session, but when we load these engines, they are pulling as hard as they can, then dropped down to the starting rpm by the dyno. This is a completely different scenario than being on an apex and accelerating into WOT.
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