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Old 03-15-2018, 11:27 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
It's probably limited to 90mph so the motor doesn't melt.
And to meet quota.
From 0 to about 45MPH, a car barely has any wind resistance to overcome.
From 45 to about 80 it goes up,
From about 80 mph there's a lot of wind resistance losses.
It's like on the near vertical incline on a logarithmic scale.
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