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wortdog
post Aug 19 2007, 01:58 PM
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You'll never ever see a difference in WHP with a gear change.

Going 10% up on gearing just means you'll transmit 10% more torque to the wheels with a 10% loss in the top speed of the gear.

In a given gear, ignoring traction, the car with 10% more gear will accelerate exactly 10% more quickly due to the extra torque.

Gears don't always translate to better times, even with infinite traction. Most turbo buicks slow down several tenths when switching from 3.42 to 3.73 gears from having to shift into overdrive to finish the quarter.

Ideally you'd grab your dyno sheet and set the gearing up so that the car crosses the line just past its HP peak in your gear of choice.


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Eric Wort
87 White Buick Turbo 'T' (11.71 @ 116.5, 1.61 60ft, slipping trans)
92 Teal Eagle Talon TSi AWD (burn victim)
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