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Old 12-08-2008, 01:41 PM   #28 (permalink)
wagonman76
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Originally Posted by DifferentPointofView View Post
"have been proven to support any amount of torque in production vehicles, including that used for buses, heavy trucks, and earth-moving equipment."

New CVT's use advanced lubricants that allow them to do this. Tractors now Use CVT. Old CVT's before 2005 had the low torque problem, but that has now been fixed.
Sure it can be designed to handle the torque. But will it fit under the hood?
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