Bob Pommer
Enthusiast
Has anyone played around with slightly shorter rear end gearing... Given this beast does 60 in 1st 88 in second 124 in third, and 157 in fourth, I have to believe that the 0-150 times would be improved bigtime. Even if you drop the gears down by a modest 10%, you are still doing roughly 54 in 1st, 80 in second, and 110 in 3rd and 141 in 4th gear.. These are still pretty tall. This would make the car feel like it had additional torque (Like it needs it...) roughly 578ft, lbs. 3rd gear on the highway from 60 to 100 would be improved big time. for cruising in 6th, at 80 you turn around 1200revs, this would jump to aprox 1300. Not big deal on gas mileage or noise and drivability.
I wonder what the net effect of the shorter gears, but extra shift would do to 0-60 and qtr mile???
Inquireing minds want to know...
I wonder what the net effect of the shorter gears, but extra shift would do to 0-60 and qtr mile???
Inquireing minds want to know...