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MetroMPG · 11-28-2007, 04:05 PM

Some more to think about: this car's 0-60 time in stock form is about 15 seconds. This swap will make it ... much worse! One teamswift member found this swap intolerable.

Then there's the issue of the speedometer/odometer being off. Can compensate for that in the ScanGauge though.

11-28-2007, 04:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
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