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Old 11-05-2009, 10:58 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Oh, I think it definitely would. You need amps to accelerate, and need to be able to open up the pot to get the amps.

The fastest way for me to accelerate from a stop to 30 mph is to put it in 3rd gear and floor it, then switch to 4th when it starts to run out of steam around 25 mph. More or less. Pulls very battery-unfriendly amps when I do that though (200-300).
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