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Originally Posted by Camarowguy
Hmmm. The faster the car gets, the less gear you need. Think about it. Your going through the traps at 148 mph in your 1:1 gear.....how many rpm are you turning? Think it'll go faster shifting into an overdrive gear? Nope. So I call bs on the "it's only got 3.31 gears and has a lot left in it". You'll only believe that nonsense if you truly know nothing about fast cars.
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the car will run 175 at the top of 4th, they are crossing the line at 148mph in 4th.
you are crossing the beams at about 5900-6000 rpm when the thing will rev to 7k.
Yes a gear will help. A gear and suspension and the car would really move.
A 3.73 gear would put you at around 6,600 rpm crossing the line in the 4th gear at 148mph. A 4.10 would mean to reach 148 in 4th gear you would have to turn 7,200 rpm.