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1. wide or close ratio? (score: 1): Author: "Bill & Dee Bennett" <benettw@earthlink.net>; Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 21:03:42 -0400; Ok somebody explain to me why with having a longer distance to run at Bonneville using a close ratio transmission is better. I realize that you might experience to low a drop in rpm in the gear chang; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00469.html (8,148 bytes)
2. Re: wide or close ratio? (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 20:26:36 -0500; Bill here is my take on this whole question.... With smaller motors it's supposed to be relatively easy to knock the wind outta one with to large an RPM Drop between gears.... and the Closer the rati; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00470.html (10,249 bytes)
3. Re: wide or close ratio? (score: 1): Author: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 19:24:26 -0700; /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.net /// with nothing in it but /// /// unsubscribe land-speed /// ///; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00474.html (8,532 bytes)
4. Re: wide or close ratio? (score: 1): Author: Dave Dahlgren <ddahlgren@snet.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 06:20:29 -0400; Wide or close ratio has a lot to due with the power curve of your engine. there have to be a bunch of e-mails about this in the past too as i remember the discussion well. i was the guy with no clue; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00492.html (10,144 bytes)
5. Re: wide or close ratio? (score: 1): Author: Flowbench@aol.com; Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 15:49:56 EDT; Dave has called this one right on the head again. It's all about torque and where it's at in your engine combo. That's why a day or two on the dyno is a good investment in $$. Mike /// /// land-speed; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00513.html (7,555 bytes)
6. wide or close ratio? (score: 1): Author: "Gene Halvorson" <ghalvorson@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 17:26:34 -0500; Like Keith I run a Richmond Engineering 6 speed. I agree, keeping the motor up in the power band is important. But the real reason I went to the 6 speed is because the lowest rear gear I could get f; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00515.html (7,822 bytes)
7. Re: wide or close ratio? (score: 1): Author: Robert Bridge <robabridge@home.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 19:10:14 -0700; What year of corvette IR are you running. Talking of a 3:08, I'm assuming it is late 70's or older. There was some 2.73's around for those years. Bob in Canada /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mail; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00516.html (8,129 bytes)
8. Re: wide or close ratio? (score: 1): Author: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@uswest.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 19:16:13 -0700; I was running a 4.10 in my Vette (yes, it's still IR), however I am running a ZF 6-speed. So far I haven't used 6th gear as 4.1 x .75 = 3.08, same as you. (I shift into 5th at 8200 rpm and it drops; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00517.html (8,595 bytes)
9. Re: wide or close ratio? (score: 1): Author: William T Smith <WmTSmith@landracing.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 21:29:16 -0600 (MDT); I don't understand Point 2 How can the wheel power be close to the same as you go up the gear shifts when your mechanical advantage drops so much with each shift. Is it because you dont have to use; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00567.html (11,663 bytes)
10. Re: wide or close ratio? (score: 1): Author: Dave Dahlgren <ddahlgren@snet.net>; Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 07:00:11 -0400; Well in the copy you sent back in your reply the letters after 8500 seem to be goofy. They did have the new rpm if you made the shift at 8500 rpm. The torque will come out close to what you have as t; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00576.html (12,548 bytes)

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