JoelP
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| posted on 10/10/06 at 11:50 AM |
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i think what he means is that the engine only revs up so fast when in neutral, so if the gears were so short (and they would admittedly be
ridiculously short!) that the engine couldnt actually rev up fast enough to optimise the shortness you have reached the limit. However, you would only
get to this stage with a final drive approaching 40 or something!
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smart51
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| posted on 10/10/06 at 12:49 PM |
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My car accelerates from 0 to 50 in 1st in about 3 seconds. Given that in neutral, my engine will rev from idle to 12000 in a fraction of a second,
1st would have to be increadably low for acceleration to be limited by the rev up rate of the engine.
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dilley
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| posted on 10/10/06 at 01:51 PM |
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I may hve worded that wrong, I am running >320-340bhp at the wheels, when coming onto boost with such short gearing it is out of its max power
range so quick that every time you change gear the same thing happens, you cant change gear quick enough to optimise power.
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