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Originally Posted by go_a_way1
In effect you are putting more power to the ground as well. If you did a dyno in first gear the FRS would make like 400+ WHP or w/e it works out to due to the gearing.
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Nope. Sure you'll have tons of torque in first gear but the wheels wont be spinning very fast and thus they wont be donig any more work than in 4th gear. The only thing that will change the WHP is drivetrain losses in 1st gear vs 4th gear and rolling road losses because you are putting down mor torque - this is usually corrected to some extent.
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Originally Posted by go_a_way1
We measure WHP in 4th for autos and 5th for manual's as thats when the gearing is 1:1 (means the engine turns once so does the wheels cuz in first engine turns once wheel turns .5 or w/e the real ratio is my numbers are just made up examples)
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Wrong again. That's when the gear box is 1:1 but the diff is 4.1:1 so the engine is turning 4.1 times per wheel rotation in 5th gear.
At 60MPH or 1Mile per minute you'd need to travel 1620 meters. Wheel circumference is 1.96M.
=> 1620/1.96 = 826 rotations per mile.
The engine isnt revving at 826 rpm at 60mph in 5th is it? try multiplying by 4.1 = 3389rpm.