I wrote a similar chart and with my setup I'll have a top speed of a whopping
97mph. (yes 97) It won't be much fun on long highway trips but it will be a
hell of a stoplight war car, and a hell of an autocrosser.
--
James Nazarian Jr
71 MGB roadster
71 MGBGT
01 Impreza 2.5RS
A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have
evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 11:11:43PM -0800, Bruce profoundly declared:
> I have a gear ratio chart for Excel if any is interseted. You enter tire
> size, rear end ratio and the gear ratio and you get something like the
> following
> In my case Tire size 185/74/14
> Tire Dia 24.93
> Tire Width 7.28
> Rear End Ratio 3.91
>
> 1st Gear 2.95 at 5000 rpm 32 mph
> 2nd Gear 1.94 at 5000 rpm 49 mph
> 3rd Gear 1.34 at 5000 rpm 71 mph
> 4th Gear 1.00 at 5000 rpm 95 mph
> 5th Gear 0.63 at 500 rpm 151 mph
>
> Fairly impressive, but where can you go 151 and do you really want to in a
> B?
>
> Bruce
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Cory" <kcory@accessnv.com>
> To: "v8 list" <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 2:01 PM
> Subject: Re: v8 T5 source needed
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Hartwig" <mhartwig@midsouth.rr.com>
> > > I can't find my gear
> > > chart, but I believe it worked out to a top speed of 165 @ 5000rpm.
> >
> > Whoa, you better have a wing and a grin on for this one. How fast has
> > anyone actually taken their MGB? I wonder about the handling at really
> fast
> > speeds.
> > Ken C.
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