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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Ethics of crippler circuitry
Message-ID: <3088@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 14 Feb 89 18:05:32 GMT
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Organization: Xenix Support
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Crippler circuitry in cars. Warning, rumor time.

At one point the top-end engine in the Chevy Camaro was just a bit too
powerful... it put the car in a very expensive bracket for most of the
major insurance companies. I don't recall the details, but apparently
they had categories for sports cars, muscle cars, and racing cars... and
with this particular engine it was a racing car by their definition.

So Chevy simply published lower specs on the engine and let the word leak
out what a sleeper it was...
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