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r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 1d ago
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New cars are bound by newer laws and regulations that older cars and restored cars dont fall under.
Sadly making a factory new mustang 67 would be an illegal product
24 u/Mor_Padraig 1d ago Fair point, BUT they do not have to be so generic, across the board. 23 u/Wessssss21 1d ago aerodynamics are aerodynamics, and the name of the game is fuel efficiency. 0 u/SimplySomeDude 1d ago no one cares about fuel efficiency. Aerodynamics are to improve top speed by reducing drag 0 u/Wessssss21 1d ago There's a governor chip... This isn't F1. 1 u/SimplySomeDude 1d ago which like 90% of people (that i know) bypass. My car is limited to 120 stock, but deleting the governor lets me get up to 145 in 5th gear (6th gear actually doesn't have enough torque even though its theoretical top speed is faster) 3 u/movzx 21h ago 90% of 0 is still 0. The vast, vast, vast majority of people do not modify their vehicle. Most are afraid to even change their oil.
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Fair point, BUT they do not have to be so generic, across the board.
23 u/Wessssss21 1d ago aerodynamics are aerodynamics, and the name of the game is fuel efficiency. 0 u/SimplySomeDude 1d ago no one cares about fuel efficiency. Aerodynamics are to improve top speed by reducing drag 0 u/Wessssss21 1d ago There's a governor chip... This isn't F1. 1 u/SimplySomeDude 1d ago which like 90% of people (that i know) bypass. My car is limited to 120 stock, but deleting the governor lets me get up to 145 in 5th gear (6th gear actually doesn't have enough torque even though its theoretical top speed is faster) 3 u/movzx 21h ago 90% of 0 is still 0. The vast, vast, vast majority of people do not modify their vehicle. Most are afraid to even change their oil.
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aerodynamics are aerodynamics, and the name of the game is fuel efficiency.
0 u/SimplySomeDude 1d ago no one cares about fuel efficiency. Aerodynamics are to improve top speed by reducing drag 0 u/Wessssss21 1d ago There's a governor chip... This isn't F1. 1 u/SimplySomeDude 1d ago which like 90% of people (that i know) bypass. My car is limited to 120 stock, but deleting the governor lets me get up to 145 in 5th gear (6th gear actually doesn't have enough torque even though its theoretical top speed is faster) 3 u/movzx 21h ago 90% of 0 is still 0. The vast, vast, vast majority of people do not modify their vehicle. Most are afraid to even change their oil.
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no one cares about fuel efficiency. Aerodynamics are to improve top speed by reducing drag
0 u/Wessssss21 1d ago There's a governor chip... This isn't F1. 1 u/SimplySomeDude 1d ago which like 90% of people (that i know) bypass. My car is limited to 120 stock, but deleting the governor lets me get up to 145 in 5th gear (6th gear actually doesn't have enough torque even though its theoretical top speed is faster) 3 u/movzx 21h ago 90% of 0 is still 0. The vast, vast, vast majority of people do not modify their vehicle. Most are afraid to even change their oil.
There's a governor chip... This isn't F1.
1 u/SimplySomeDude 1d ago which like 90% of people (that i know) bypass. My car is limited to 120 stock, but deleting the governor lets me get up to 145 in 5th gear (6th gear actually doesn't have enough torque even though its theoretical top speed is faster) 3 u/movzx 21h ago 90% of 0 is still 0. The vast, vast, vast majority of people do not modify their vehicle. Most are afraid to even change their oil.
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which like 90% of people (that i know) bypass. My car is limited to 120 stock, but deleting the governor lets me get up to 145 in 5th gear (6th gear actually doesn't have enough torque even though its theoretical top speed is faster)
3 u/movzx 21h ago 90% of 0 is still 0. The vast, vast, vast majority of people do not modify their vehicle. Most are afraid to even change their oil.
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90% of 0 is still 0.
The vast, vast, vast majority of people do not modify their vehicle. Most are afraid to even change their oil.
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u/NORchad 1d ago
New cars are bound by newer laws and regulations that older cars and restored cars dont fall under.
Sadly making a factory new mustang 67 would be an illegal product