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Originally Posted by The_Techie_Stirlingite
That is an order of magnitude more complicated, prone to failure, and expensive. As for the comment about engine load, I've seen 90-95% calculated load (before a transmission kick-down) when climbing hills on the interstate at 65 mph. 85% calculated load is not uncommon during normal acceleration.
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I should measure my MAP when driving, but I rarely need that much load to stay in traffic.
However my car has some 150-160 PS/ton so that might be a factor.
Plus you could just shift down before reaching excessive loads.
My main issue is that I can't get enough load on my engine in normal driving.