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Tcoat · 12-14-2016, 09:27 PM

Not all gears are created equal and without looking it up I believe there is a much larger range between 6th to 4th then 5th to 3rd. I don't think I have ever run into a situation where I had to go down two gears to accelerate though. Usually one gear is plenty for any passing needs I have while street driving. What RPMs are you cruising in to need to downshift 2 gears? If you are too low to start with then I could see needing to go down two but otherwise that is pretty extreme.

12-14-2016, 09:27 PM	#4
Tcoat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2020 Hakone Location: London, Ont Posts: 69,841 Thanks: 61,656 Thanked 108,295 Times in 46,456 Posts Mentioned: 2499 Post(s) Tagged: 50 Thread(s)	Not all gears are created equal and without looking it up I believe there is a much larger range between 6th to 4th then 5th to 3rd. I don't think I have ever run into a situation where I had to go down two gears to accelerate though. Usually one gear is plenty for any passing needs I have while street driving. What RPMs are you cruising in to need to downshift 2 gears? If you are too low to start with then I could see needing to go down two but otherwise that is pretty extreme. __________________ Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.