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      03-19-2010, 08:07 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by MspiredM3 View Post
Why use customer's cars as test mules? Haven't people realized yet that this usually never works out? And, if they were to be test mules, why were they not tested on a dyno, monitoring the motors vital signs and NOT allowing them to blow? You don't have to let motors blow to find their threshold as was posted in the OP, you can monitor them and make adjustments to prevent that, that's what tuning is no?
sometimes customers get a big discount and agree that their cars might be test mules as sponsored cars. however I don't know if this has been the case here.
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