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Old 04-12-2012, 10:22 AM   #28 (permalink)
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I was going to post what Sven said. You're reasonably close on the acceleration part. Now you need to work on the tail end. If your brakes failed, how would you handle the upcoming intersection? Start slowing down very early so you arrive at a low speed. We call it DWB - driving without brakes.

You can use a vacuum gauge for measuring load. You want to accelerate at 12-13 psi MAP. With a Scangauge I can watch both the Load gauge and MAP side by side and 12.5 is about 85% load.
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