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Old 12-11-2008, 03:32 PM   #176 (permalink)
dichotomous
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
I think the governer limits are set to prevent standing-wave destruction of the tires.Had your car been fitted with H-rated tires as OEM,they might have dispensed with the limiter,allowing the car to accelerate up to it's aerodynamic wall.
do they really set limiters based on the tires the car is spec'd with? thats a pretty crappy method, I mean the first set of tires only lasts so long, and I have never heard of anyone replacing oem tires with oem tires
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