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RE: Axle ratio

To: "'Mark Sirota'" <msirota@isc.upenn.edu>,
Subject: RE: Axle ratio
From: "Isley, Jason C." <JIsley@cell1.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 09:16:07 -0700
        Forget that, be a man, go for the 4.11 posi....he he

Jason Isley
jisley@cell1.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Sirota [mailto:msirota@isc.upenn.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 9:15 AM
To: Matt Murray
Cc: Teamdotnet
Subject: Re: Axle ratio


Matt Murray wrote:
> All other things being equal, for an autocross, would one prefer a
> 3.82 or 3.9 axle ratio?

It's unfortunately not that simple.

(1) At what speed would you hit the rev limiter in each gear with each
axle ratio?  Would the 3.9 necessitate enough shifts to third (and
back down to second) that it's not worth it?

(2) How close together are first and second compared with second and
third?  If first and second are far apart but second and third are
close together, then the shorter axle ratio becomes more interesting
(and vice versa).

Mark

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