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Old 11-13-2010, 10:50 AM   #223 (permalink)
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good post

what is the curb weight of your scooby ?
I still say the best gains your ever going to see is a re-gearing of the final drive.
from what you just posted, sort of confirms what I believed about my car, there is a point where the intake/throttle body opens wide and starts sucking gas, and that point is in the very low rpm range.
what does have me wondering though, is the difference between ATX and MTX. I could drive 55mph all day long and it wouldnt be much of a difference over 45mph.
my biggest noticeable difference would be any time my RPM registered above 2.9k, once it his the 3k mark I swear I could almost watch the needle drop....
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