Gears or driveshaft?
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I mean when i hit it when I'm cruising, my neck is jerking..... Whiplash style...
Good tires help... Looks like we have the same rubber. As long as you are cool when your accelerating on initial take off, then you'll be good. You try and slam down into it, you maybe side ways.
I couldn't be happier.
When I got my driveshaft after I got the gears installed, you could definitely feel that the car was quicker and and just overall fast. I am very, very happy with the performance level of this car. You will not regret going here.
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Man the car is like a rocket..lol
I mean when i hit it when I'm cruising, my neck is jerking..... Whiplash style...
Good tires help... Looks like we have the same rubber. As long as you are cool when your accelerating on initial take off, then you'll be good. You try and slam down into it, you maybe side ways.
I couldn't be happier.
When I got my driveshaft after I got the gears installed, you could definitely feel that the car was quicker and and just overall fast. I am very, very happy with the performance level of this car. You will not regret going here.
I mean when i hit it when I'm cruising, my neck is jerking..... Whiplash style...
Good tires help... Looks like we have the same rubber. As long as you are cool when your accelerating on initial take off, then you'll be good. You try and slam down into it, you maybe side ways.
I couldn't be happier.
When I got my driveshaft after I got the gears installed, you could definitely feel that the car was quicker and and just overall fast. I am very, very happy with the performance level of this car. You will not regret going here.
So is 1st gear pretty much worthless now ?
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Gears are a torque multiplier, so having a whipple already provides tons of torque, rendering the change in gears fairly useless. My GT, on the other hand, works great with 4.10 gears as I have a centrifugal blower which makes less low end torque than the whipple. In your case, I'd go with the driveshaft first, and maybe gears later.
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Gears are a torque multiplier, so having a whipple already provides tons of torque, rendering the change in gears fairly useless. My GT, on the other hand, works great with 4.10 gears as I have a centrifugal blower which makes less low end torque than the whipple. In your case, I'd go with the driveshaft first, and maybe gears later.
he should benefit with a 3.73 ratio or even a 3.90 ratio. dont you think?
isnt that what people are running with a twin screw?
i have plans for the future(dont know when) to add a twin screw, but i dont know if i want to swap out my 4.10's.
ughhh decisions decisions decisions!!!!!! lol
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he should benefit with a 3.73 ratio or even a 3.90 ratio. dont you think?
isnt that what people are running with a twin screw?
i have plans for the future(dont know when) to add a twin screw, but i dont know if i want to swap out my 4.10's.
ughhh decisions decisions decisions!!!!!! lol
isnt that what people are running with a twin screw?
i have plans for the future(dont know when) to add a twin screw, but i dont know if i want to swap out my 4.10's.
ughhh decisions decisions decisions!!!!!! lol
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If it is a stick, the taller gears will cause way more wear and tear on the clutch than lower gears do...
This is most obvious when trying to drive it easy. More power/torque, equals more wear and tear.
I know, the 3.31/1 gears in the GT500 are too tall!
BTW:
On a scale of 1 to 10 your seat of the pants gauge is gonna peg the scale at 10 for lower gears, and barely move the needle past 2 for a driveshaft.
This is most obvious when trying to drive it easy. More power/torque, equals more wear and tear.
I know, the 3.31/1 gears in the GT500 are too tall!
BTW:
On a scale of 1 to 10 your seat of the pants gauge is gonna peg the scale at 10 for lower gears, and barely move the needle past 2 for a driveshaft.
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Ok ok,
let's lay it down like this:
Three mechanically identical 5spd Stangs line up for a 1/4 drag. They are all Whipple charged. ALL factors are equal(tires, driver skill, rwhp, rwtq, setup, etc.) except for gears. The first has 3.31s, the second has 3.73s, and the third has 4.10s.
Who would win?
let's lay it down like this:
Three mechanically identical 5spd Stangs line up for a 1/4 drag. They are all Whipple charged. ALL factors are equal(tires, driver skill, rwhp, rwtq, setup, etc.) except for gears. The first has 3.31s, the second has 3.73s, and the third has 4.10s.
Who would win?
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Ok ok,
let's lay it down like this:
Three mechanically identical Stangs line up for a 1/4 drag. They are all Whipple charged. ALL factors are equal(tires, driver skill, rwhp, rwtq, setup, etc.) except for gears. The first has 3.31s, the second has 3.73s, and the third has 4.10s.
Who would win?
let's lay it down like this:
Three mechanically identical Stangs line up for a 1/4 drag. They are all Whipple charged. ALL factors are equal(tires, driver skill, rwhp, rwtq, setup, etc.) except for gears. The first has 3.31s, the second has 3.73s, and the third has 4.10s.
Who would win?
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Ok ok,
let's lay it down like this:
Three mechanically identical 5spd Stangs line up for a 1/4 drag. They are all Whipple charged. ALL factors are equal(tires, driver skill, rwhp, rwtq, setup, etc.) except for gears. The first has 3.31s, the second has 3.73s, and the third has 4.10s.
Who would win?
let's lay it down like this:
Three mechanically identical 5spd Stangs line up for a 1/4 drag. They are all Whipple charged. ALL factors are equal(tires, driver skill, rwhp, rwtq, setup, etc.) except for gears. The first has 3.31s, the second has 3.73s, and the third has 4.10s.
Who would win?
the one who's car has a better coat of wax. less drag. lol
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Sorry. Couldn't resist.
And in truthful answer to your question I really have no idea. Tom had great results and numbers with is 4.10's and Saleen. He was easily in 11 seconds. Torrence is raving about his. And although Leo has a Centri, he has a very strong car with 4.10's.
I would think that with DR's the 4.10's would win. With 235 street tires the 3.31's would win. So the next question would be what tires are always going to be on the car?
And in truthful answer to your question I really have no idea. Tom had great results and numbers with is 4.10's and Saleen. He was easily in 11 seconds. Torrence is raving about his. And although Leo has a Centri, he has a very strong car with 4.10's.
I would think that with DR's the 4.10's would win. With 235 street tires the 3.31's would win. So the next question would be what tires are always going to be on the car?
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yah, I think you've hit on something there. I'm not gonna be runnins DRs on the street.
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