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Old 04-22-2015, 05:43 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by murdoc View Post
I feel like if the RPM gap was always the same, shifting from third to second at 10 MPH would take you from ~800 RPM to around 2700 RPM, since doing it at 60 MPH will increase RPM by about 2000.
You are right, I am wrong.
I was picturing the engine RPM vs drivshaft RPM graph having all of hte lines parallel.
However all 6 gear plots have y-intercepts of zero, so the lines are not parallel.
So transitioning from one gear to another when low in the RPM range is a smaller jump than doing it at high RPM.

Sorry bout that.
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