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Old Thu, February 19th, 2009, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by JackandJanet View Post
Good information Grabber, thanks! This also makes me think it's not a good idea to "continuously" run in WOT (even though I know you really can't). But, people who continuously like to drop the hammer are going to be in that open loop mode probably more than is good for the engine.

- Jack
...and that's where the difference between running a "safe" tune versus one on the verge of detonation comes in. Factory tuning runs a little less timing and a little more fuel at WOT because of the variances in temp, air density, blah, blah...but there is power to be found up there.