Evo Weigh Day article... interesting!

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Oct 31, 2007, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by dudical26

I doubt that very much. I think manufacturing tolerances are much closer than that.

A quarter of a percent is not unlikely for manufacturing tolerances and manufacturing variation. A quarter of a percent is like 8 lbs on a 3200 lb car.

Everything could vary on a car, from machined parts, to layers of paint, to even the length of electrical lines. I've seen similar percents in aircraft and they tend to have tighter tolerances.

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Oct 31, 2007, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by DeeezNuuuts83

Perhaps you should've made it more clear, as saying "accelerating in 4th gear" will more than likely be translated as just flooring the pedal in that gear, nothing more. It doesn't include shifting into the next gear, which you didn't really mention specifically, hence the confusion.

Yeah, I didn't know how to phrase it better than that. Sorry for the confusion.