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      12-15-2012, 10:53 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by ovekvam View Post
But you don't need much power to rev to the redline with no load. If the engine is well balanced, I can't quite see what the problem should be.
You don't need to use much power, but if you floor the throttle it will use all the power it has. I think that's what they are trying to protect against. I could be wrong of course, but if it was some sort of launch control feature I would think they would put it in the autos as well.
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