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- From: rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade)
- Subject: Re: civic above specs...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.213029.2648@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <1993Jan26.4168.242@dosgate> <wtq3_6p@rpi.edu> <1993Jan27.173810.16575@bnr.ca>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:30:29 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.173810.16575@bnr.ca> dwjz@bnr.ca (Doug Zolmer) writes:
- >|> In article <1993Jan26.4168.242@dosgate>, "mike pot" <mike.pot@canrem.com> writes:
- >|> |> Maybe this is not above specs, maybe it is. I always drive the crap out
- >|> |> of it revving the engine up to 7500 rpm, also the >7 secs is
- >|> |> accomplished with a kind of speed shifting, what I do is I leave the
- >|> |> accelerator padal to the floor all the way, and when it's time to shift,
- >|> |> I press the kludge. while the kludge is just slightly down the engine
- >|> |> revs up from >6500 to 7500 rpm, this while I shift to the next gear and
- >|> |> I let go of kludge all at once. This gives a super boost.
- >
- >Uh, yeah. What's a "kludge"?
- >
- >That car isn't going to last more than 10,000 km.
- >
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- but he will repair it himself...and the repair will be a 'kludge'.
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