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Old 04-27-2013, 09:17 AM
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[quote=AL427SBF;1240897]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 QUOTE]

With most road courses wouldn't this be the difference in rolling into WOT in 2nd or 3rd gear versus in top gear? That is quite a difference in load on the engine. I'm not a road racer but I wouldn't think that many race car drivers would be rolling out of a corner lugging the engine at 2800 rpm in a high gear, instead of downshifting.

An enigne dyno is basically running in high gear for the whole pull.
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