turbo2nr said:I plan on running the same RPM range as every one else, but just using all of four gears.
If a lower ratio is so great, then get a 1.83 gear and just use 1st and 2nd gear.
Or better yet, just run a straight drive 1:1 and just use one gear the whole track, like a rail car.
I'm sure you can get stupid in either direction.
My question may be:
What is the best number of gears for a 10-9sec car with an automatic? Not one or two obviously. Three is what 99% run, I guess. Why not four? We already have it, and it's spinning, ready to go. Gear it up for a 3-4 shift just after the eighth, and then run thru OD. Shifting at the same RPMs as everyone else, just sooner in time compaired to a "normal" geared car using 3 gears.
So, some of you thing by shortning the actual time spent in each gear, we are loosing some torque usage, or something like that? Like, the motor can't rev-up that fast?I don't feel that happening. Faster cars spend much less time in each gear but, seems to work for them. I am refering to low nine sec TRs, etc.
I too am aiming for 10.5 and better next year.
I agree it seems like 4 gears would be better but i have not tried it personally so all i can offer is what i have tried. One thing we are trying in another car i am tunning on is "getting stupid" in one direction. we are running a power glide, so yes it will only have low and 1:1. I don't know how this will work. We'll see.
I have a 200 not a 400 in my car.
also everyone says it is more streetable with the 3.42 but i drove a car not too long ago with a 200R4 and 3.73 gears and it was much funner to drive than the 3.43s. It "felt" much faster on the street because it spun the tires more, was more responsive and went through the gears faster.
Also people talk about too loose of converter making it not streetable but a loose converter makes it much more fun to drive similar to the lower gears.
this thread is very debateable. I would like to see more experiences in this area.