03-19-2009, 12:51 PM | #51 |
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Tracy nearly did that in my car... except if he had "found" it, the transmission probably would have eaten itself since he would have thrown it into reverse.
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03-19-2009, 01:22 PM | #52 |
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That being the case a MC battery would cause the same damage. And if it caused the cdi to burn up, it was bad before you hooked the battery up.
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03-19-2009, 01:28 PM | #53 |
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I had a 69 440 6 pack dodge coronet rt with an automatic. And I had it wot and accidentally shifted it from 1st to reverse at about 50 mph, and it went into reverse. I don't remember it breaking anything, but the back of the car jump up and down a few times before I got it back into drive....
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03-19-2009, 01:32 PM | #54 |
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guilty of looking for seventh...
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03-19-2009, 01:33 PM | #55 | |
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03-19-2009, 01:39 PM | #56 | |
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03-19-2009, 01:48 PM | #57 |
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The RC has a tach, and six gears, but I have yet to try for 7th. Hell I rarely ever used 6th.
The VTX on the other had, was a different story. No tach just a spedometer, and 60 in 4th felt very much like 75 in 5th. On that big beast, I've tried for 6th, hell I've even tried for 7th on that pig.
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03-19-2009, 02:24 PM | #58 | |
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03-19-2009, 03:45 PM | #59 | |
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Yeah it would!
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