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Old 03-09-2011, 10:30 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Arragonis View Post
I suspect that if you have a custom remap to a 1.9 TDI you would get these results even without the other changes.
I wish Julian had tested this theory too. It wouldn't be that hard for a handy guy like him to put it back to stock except for the tune.

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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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