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    Sail Boat Initial Acceleration?

    The force exerted by the wind on a sailboat is approximately perpendicular to the sail and proportional to the component of the wind velocity perpendicular to the sail. For the 950-kg sailboat shown in the figure below, the proportionality constant is (in this link...
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    Congress blasts Toyota for not investigating sudden acceleration, focusing on legal d

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    Acceleration of a Toyota Camry vs a Honda Fit?

    What is the acceleration of a 1997 Toyota Camry CE V4 and the acceleration of a 2009 Honda Fit V4 I noticed that the Camry's horsepower and torque are greater than the Fit but i'm not sure if that means that it is faster or not.
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    why does my 1989 corolla hesitate on acceleration?

    as long as the car is at speed it seems to do fine. i drive 65 mph for 30 min and its fine. when i take an exit ramp and give a little gas it hesitates real bad, the same when creeping up at stop lights. any suggestions... i have tried carb cleaners....there is really no rhyme or reason to it...
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    Toyota acceleration complaints continue after recall work done

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    Flash 10.1 Beta 3 Taps Hardware Acceleration in Intel GMA 500 and Broadcom Crystal HD

    Flash 10.1 Beta 3 spreads the hardware-accelerated H.264 video love to more graphics chips, specifically ones you'd in less beefy netbooks: Intel's GMA 500 series and Broadcam's Crystal HD video decoder. Stick with 720p Flash video, and you'll be dandy. The Broadcom Crystal HD chip is a video...
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    • 101 500 acceleration beta broadcom crystal flash gma hardware intel taps
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    Toyota President Lentz before Congress: More acceleration issues may exist

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    Unintended acceleration stories wanted

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    • acceleration stories unintended wanted
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    Analysis shows over 40-percent of sudden acceleration complaints involve Toyotas

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    • 40percent acceleration analysis complaints involve shows sudden toyotas
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    Lag in Acceleration after oil change?

    Lancer ES 09 CVT, no mods. 3500k miles. First, off the line acceleration wasn't that great, but when you're cruising at like 45-60 and wanna acc. fast to pass lanes its was hella responsive and you can feel the torque under your seat a lot. Then about at 3500 i got my first oil change with...
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    Lag in Acceleration after oil change?

    Lancer ES 09 CVT, no mods. 3500k miles. First, off the line acceleration wasn't that great, but when you're cruising at like 45-60 and wanna acc. fast to pass lanes its was hella responsive and you can feel the torque under your seat a lot. Then about at 3500 i got my first oil change with...
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    What is distance traveled, and Positive and Negative Acceleration? Thank you?

    What is distance traveled, and positive and negative acceleration?
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    acceleration differences?

    OK i have a 88 Firebird 355 TPI....I just had my whole engine rebuilt block and everything....Me and my friends dad put it back together....It drives fine no engine light or nothing but it doesnt accelerate anything like it used to....I cant get it to go over 3000 rpm while driving....I can rev...
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    What is the formula to work out distance traveled based on acceleration.?

    If you travel from a speed of 0 to 100km/h in a total time of 3.5sec what distance have you traveled.
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    1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse Acceleration?

    I own a 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse with a 2.0 . since yesturday its like the throttle is sticking once i hit 40 and wants to keep accelerating and running fast.. i have to brake ride.i have checked the throttle cable and everything is fine there. any clue what this could be
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    2006 mercedes-benz c230 acceleration problem?

    I just bought a used 06 c230 about two weeks ago, it has 46k miles on it so it's relatively new. Anyways, when I put my foot on the gas (fairly heavily) it takes 2-3 seconds and then I get a sudden burst of acceleration, I don't get it right away. And this morning when I was backing out ov my...
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    I have a 50cc Sports Scooter from Direct Bikes, how can I improve the acceleration?

    Ideally I would like to do this legally, so that my insurance covers me.
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    Citroen C3 Acceleration Problem...?

    Hi All, My car recently developed a problem that was causing it to rev highly when pressing the accelerator, but this power was not being transferred to actual acceleration. The revs were high for 3-4 seconds before the actual acceleration caught up. On occasion, there has been a screeching...
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    In my jeep patriot, which will get me more acceleration: The Regular CVT mode, or

    the shiftronic manual mode? It feels like the manual may be a little bit better, but they be because it's jerky, and not because it's any faster than the regular CVT. I have also observed that at high speeds the acceleration seems to be faster in regular CVT automatic. If you can help me out...
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    • acceleration cvt jeep mode patriot regular
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    • Forum: Trucks and SUV
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    When trying to get the best acceleration with an auto. Do you floor it

    until it shifts? by itself, or let up at like 5000rpm, to let it shift into the next gear? For example, if you floor an SUV in first, it will rev til it has nothing left, then shift. Should you shift yourself, it seems the tranny has no idea what to do. I'd rather shift manualy, at around 4000...
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