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Re: Also.. S40-V40 1998

posted by  someone claiming to be Arno Griffioen on  Mon Apr 23 07:49 CST 2001 [RELATED]

> The max rpm in my case was a tiny notch before 7000. That's why I

> said 6900.

Odd.. The limiter should really be at 6500..

> The weird thing is that when accelarating in WOT from

> 0km/h. The max rpm is 6500 and then the engine "stalls".

Yup. The factory rev-limiter is pretty rude :-)

> overtaking another car. Not shfiting gears. What experience do have

> with this maneuver. On an ///M5 it's like being on rails.

No problems there. Just do all movement nice and smooth and it will work just fine.

When braking hard at those speeds (I had to go fully into ABS once when a truck pulled over right in front of me) it's stable too, but you have to remember that the extreme pressure on the front wheels will make the steering extremely sensitive and direct and the rear will do pretty 'light' (most cars do that), so try to keep it straight and smooth.

Bye, Arno.





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