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Gas vs PSD
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Sure thing, and with current radar and lidar units with ranges over 1 mile, that 1/2 mile + response time + time to slow down your vehicle = nailed if you are the targeted vehicle.
Hell, I once had a cop clock me when I was on my motorcycle next to an 18-wheeler. I figured that with his distance to me, the dispersion of the radar would make me invisible, masked by the 18-wheeler. That is, until I looked up the capabilities of his particular model, and yeah, the new guns are badass. Thank goodness for No Contest pleas.
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Sure thing, and with current radar and lidar units with ranges over 1 mile, that 1/2 mile + response time + time to slow down your vehicle = nailed if you are the targeted vehicle.
Hell, I once had a cop clock me when I was on my motorcycle next to an 18-wheeler. I figured that with his distance to me, the dispersion of the radar would make me invisible, masked by the 18-wheeler. That is, until I looked up the capabilities of his particular model, and yeah, the new guns are badass. Thank goodness for No Contest pleas.
Hell, I once had a cop clock me when I was on my motorcycle next to an 18-wheeler. I figured that with his distance to me, the dispersion of the radar would make me invisible, masked by the 18-wheeler. That is, until I looked up the capabilities of his particular model, and yeah, the new guns are badass. Thank goodness for No Contest pleas.
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Sure thing, and with current radar and lidar units with ranges over 1 mile, that 1/2 mile + response time + time to slow down your vehicle = nailed if you are the targeted vehicle.
Hell, I once had a cop clock me when I was on my motorcycle next to an 18-wheeler. I figured that with his distance to me, the dispersion of the radar would make me invisible, masked by the 18-wheeler. That is, until I looked up the capabilities of his particular model, and yeah, the new guns are badass. Thank goodness for No Contest pleas.
Hell, I once had a cop clock me when I was on my motorcycle next to an 18-wheeler. I figured that with his distance to me, the dispersion of the radar would make me invisible, masked by the 18-wheeler. That is, until I looked up the capabilities of his particular model, and yeah, the new guns are badass. Thank goodness for No Contest pleas.
Ideally your detector picks up when they shoot someone ahead of you. I run a radar dector just to pick up the emt signals. I like to know I'm coming up on something or the other way around.
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Depends on the unit and capability of said unit. But that's topic for another thread.
Let's stay on topic with the V10 vs. PSD thread.
Let's stay on topic with the V10 vs. PSD thread.
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Not true any more. Current technology has worked around that old radar principle. And that's assuming that radar is being used...
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You don't really think the previous 600+ pages have been on topic now do you?
Hell, there's probably 20 pages on Bill blowing up a motor... there ain't a whole lot of anything vs. PSD in that. That's more like Bill vs. Friction, yet no one cried foul on that!
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Bill's adventure was still related to the original topic. Radar, radar detectors, evasion techniques, etc. are not. You can PM me directly if you want to discuss it further.
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Hey Bill a benifit from a psd's low rpm/power curver is being able to have rpms left over for a down shift if needed. The ram vs f150 video and anther thread in the 6.0 section really brought this home to me. If the condictions at hand render me to low rpm I'm in my power curve but yet habe a lot of room in rpm range to down shift if needed.
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Hey Bill a benifit from a psd's low rpm/power curver is being able to have rpms left over for a down shift if needed. The ram vs f150 video and anther thread in the 6.0 section really brought this home to me. If the condictions at hand render me to low rpm I'm in my power curve but yet habe a lot of room in rpm range to down shift if needed.
With a 3.73 rear, the diesel would be turning about 2900 rpm in 4th. Shifting to 3rd would take the rpm to over 3800.
With a 3.55, it would turn about 2750 in 4th, and would go to almost 3650 in 3rd. While 3650 might not hurt anything, its beyond peak power, so it wouldn't be able to maintain as high of speed.
A gas engine has a much broader rpm range, and will be able to down shift more than any current diesel can.
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In the video the F150, with a 3.73 rear, was in 3rd, but couldn't go to 2nd. With the same transmission, and a 3.73 or even a 3.55, a diesel couldn't go below 4th and maintain that speed.
With a 3.73 rear, the diesel would be turning about 2900 rpm in 4th. Shifting to 3rd would take the rpm to over 3800.
With a 3.55, it would turn about 2750 in 4th, and would go to almost 3650 in 3rd. While 3650 might not hurt anything, its beyond peak power, so it wouldn't be able to maintain as high of speed.
A gas engine has a much broader rpm range, and will be able to down shift more than any current diesel can.
With a 3.73 rear, the diesel would be turning about 2900 rpm in 4th. Shifting to 3rd would take the rpm to over 3800.
With a 3.55, it would turn about 2750 in 4th, and would go to almost 3650 in 3rd. While 3650 might not hurt anything, its beyond peak power, so it wouldn't be able to maintain as high of speed.
A gas engine has a much broader rpm range, and will be able to down shift more than any current diesel can.
If you want to demastrate how this works I'm willing to watch.
Most cases I've seen the gassers 2nd is the same as my 3rd. So that kinda doesn't make sense reaaly to me. Ok your in second and I'm in 3rd? Or even in 4th gaining speed. Now I now the 04s and above have the same tranny as me and I'm to assume their geared the same??? On that same token have the same mutlipliers. Makes for some really good math.
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V1 will sense the radar from a mile and will even catch the rays bounced off other cars. Display showing direction of the rays as well the number of the beams helps as well.
This is my second V1 after the first one got stolen. V1 is registering the serial numbers and if my stolen pops up for upgrade or repair -I will know about it.
Got my $400 back several times.
Now, what dispute what is on topic, what not has to do with V10 vs PSD?
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