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Old 01-06-2009, 05:08 PM   #111 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cfg83 View Post
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At around 1100 RPM in 5th gear, I would see as high as 91 LOD. But it wouldn't stay there. As the RPMs ever-so-slowly increased with the MPH, it would fall off. I will do the test again at 1500 RPM, but now I am leaning toward assuming that that it's measuring torque.

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There's no way it's measuring power if you see 91/100 at ~1100rpm/5th. I found an interesting description of LOD as the percent of power (probably meant torque) requested, so I wonder if your load is falling off due to a decrease in VE (volumetric efficiency) w/ speed...

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