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Old 06-29-2016, 02:55 PM   #167
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Sorry, I don’t see it. How do you gain 20 WHP just by hardening a few gear teeth and changing the final drive ratio?

To make what essentially computes to a 10% gain you’d have to decrease the number of friction points and greatly reduce the friction at all remaining points. Not to mention overcoming inertial loss, drag, windage, pumping and heat.

I say either, much more has been changed in the driveline than so far released or that 20 WHP figure is just pre sales hype.
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