Chris,
I agree and most times when you slightly undergear the tractive effort is
greater because your lower gear multiplies the tourque more that your eng.
tourque falls off---under gear over rev. This applies when you have hit the
aero drag wall to available power. wmts>
> From: Chris Harris <yesford@clear.net.nz>
> Date: 2003/01/07 Tue PM 05:06:49 EST
> To: Nt788@aol.com, nafzger@vtc.net, land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Aerodynamics
>
> My old stupid saying is gears don't make horsepower! Jack
>
> Jack..............surely the right gear will put you into the right rpm
> where the most power is.
>
> Chris Harris..........................NZed.
>
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