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Re: Fwd: rubber GTs

To: MGBCHRIS@aol.com
Subject: Re: Fwd: rubber GTs
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 16:56:14 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 27 Jun 1996 MGBCHRIS@aol.com wrote:

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> Forwarded message:
> Subj:    Re: rubber GTs
> Date:    96-06-27 18:37:56 EDT
> From:    MGBCHRIS
> To:      wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu
>
> No, the reason was emissions.  The higher weight of the GT caused the engine
> to work a little harder to acheive a given road speed.  Since the emissions
> test was run by the EPA on a rolling road, it was unable to pass stricter
> emissions.  From the "ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE MGB".

So the rolling road takes the vehicle weight into consideration?
Ulix
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