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Old 12-11-2008, 05:29 PM   #177 (permalink)
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do they?

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Originally Posted by dichotomous View Post
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
I do know it was done for early 1980s Camaros and Firebirds.Without the fuel interupt the cars would accelerate up to 155-mph.That was probably something GM didn't want Corvette owners to think about.And it was about the tires.
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