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Old 23-08-2007, 11:34 AM   #28
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That's the same as arguing that an RB211 turbofan can do 107%, so why not run it at that all the time. It becomes a durability issue, and as such pilots and companies are advised against doing it.
What redlining does is subject the engine to maximum stresses and design limits, which will only result in decreased durability. What you have described before will take a terrible toll on all parts of the cars driveline, and why you'd want to do that is beyond me. If you want a car that can sufficiently do that with durability, be prepared to pay a lot more for the car than 40k. Let's face it, ford know that the vast majority of their customers do not drive in this manner, that driving this way is not compatible wuth state and territory laws, and they also know that it does not make good business sense to produce a car that can do it particularly when it would cost three times as much to make. That is why peak power and peak torque is never at redline.
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