Hi all,
At 05:10 PM 1/26/00 -0800, R. Kastner wrote:
>Though at times it is a pain in the neck to get operating properly (or at
>all) the O.D. gives a BIG advantage in that you can have a selection of
>gears (make that 2) for almost any corner. Getting the proper gear for the
>individual corner will give a lot of lap time improvment in a hurry is you
>can drive the beast. The twenty five pounds and the little friction losses
>do add up but putting the power down by having the correct gear will more
>than ,make up for it in most cases.
That's certainly been my experience with my autocross car - especially
after J.K. Jackson tweaked the 'box and gave it his magic touch. I
find that I use 2nd OD a lot on our smaller courses and 3rd OD on some
of the bigger courses. I love have the extra ratios.
Cheers,
John Lye
rjl6n@Virginia.edu
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