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Old 04-27-2013, 02:17 PM   #39
Justin.b
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Originally Posted by cfusionpm View Post
It likely stalls because it's got NO torque at low revs. Even my tC didn't stall this easily, but it had a 2.4L. I just make sure to give it some good gas before slipping it out. Always something to get used to when driving different cars. In the tC, I barely had to give it any gas to smoothly take off in 1st (or 2nd, for that matter...).
In fairness, there aren't many internal combustion engines that make much of anything at 600rpm where this lump idles. You have to get it up over 1500rpm to even get to the range that most would consider low revs.

-Justin
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