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Old 12-04-2013, 02:16 AM   #36
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Originally Posted by chrisl View Post
Geared too close? You do realize that spreading out the ratios would reduce the acceleration, not improve it, right? Adding a taller set of gears would hurt the top end performance (though it would improve gas mileage).
Yes I do but then I'm not talking about spreading all of the gears just the sixth gear and presuming that your top speed desired was already obtained through 1-5 it would help maintain the speed if not allowing a slight increase and lowering the RPM's along with slightly improving MPG. As with an overdrive gear. I like the bottom gear ratio's and agree that the acceleration is good and needed for the purpose the car was built for.
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