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Old 07-08-2012, 11:12 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by HilseeJ View Post
There are other factors that might come into play to really skew these results.

For instance, in my car, when I have the A/C on it takes more pressure on the pedal to get up to the same speed as if the A/C were off.

With that said, the A/C almost forces me to drive slower and with less pressure on the throttle, thereby making it impossible to accurately judge exactly how much of a load it is putting on the engine.
Do you have a scangauge or ultragauge? I can sit at 70LOD all day, pedal pressure varies. Going uphill and downhill are two very big variables. Also AC, which is why I started the thread, hoping someone already thought of this.
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