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Old 09-09-2005, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by pawoSD
I sometimes have to turn fast by my school to make a turn on a street where cars are allllways coming in the morning, but punching the pedal on my SD results in a VERY brisk takeoff....followed by one of the rear tires going "reeet!" during the 1-2 shift during the turn....it moves very fast. I can't imagine trying to pull off a turn faster than the car can do, thats way risky. Wait for a bigger gap! Factory spec says 4.2 secs for an SD to hit 35mph, I know mine does it in less than that....I'd say 3.5 seconds...tops. My maxed out ALDA helps a lot too, I can take off like lightning.

My ALDA is stock, we are probably at the same speed at fast takeoff. I don't do it all the time and usually can get it up to 1500. Also I don't hold it there, rev up when I see the gap and GO. I only do it when I need to in rush hour traffic where a big gap is usually quite small.
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