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Old Dec 16, 2015 | 07:58 PM
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Www.carsillustrated.com

Type corvette in the search box. Article on drag racing a new Corvette.

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Interesting read.Thats great A C7 only mod A8 can possibly do 11.80 in the 1/4.Fantastic for
With the mod maybe $52,000 with discounts.
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Nice read, thanks!!!
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Interesting - - would love to know how they came up with the name 'Easter Egg' Mode for cancelling out the TPS (page 16 of the referenced read).

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Originally Posted by Al Engel
Interesting - - would love to know how they came up with the name 'Easter Egg' Mode for cancelling out the TPS (page 16 of the referenced read).

Al Engel "Save the Wave"
Easter Egg is a term used for decades when software developers hide little undocumented features in there software. Just about every piece of software has at least one Easter Egg from Microsoft Windows to Google browser.
Google it, it's pretty cool.
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