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Old 04-17-2008, 04:57 PM   #9 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
no excessive torque loads.
It is an excessive torque load 0 to 1xxx+ in a few milliseconds puts a huge amount of stress there.... When you shut off your engine, does the engine stop spinning immediatly? No, there's a lot of rotating mass that keeps it going - dumping the clutch magnifies that load.


In any case, here's a more complete thread on bump starting...
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1141
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