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RE: Road Atlanta Gear Ratio

To: "'Henry Frye '" <henry@henryfrye.com>,
Subject: RE: Road Atlanta Gear Ratio
From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:20:02 -0800
 I may have to work my way up to it. You'll be able to spot me in the
pits--I'll be the one walking around with his eyes all bugged out. 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net
To: fot@Autox.Team.Net
Sent: 1/18/2005 6:23 PM
Subject: RE: Road Atlanta Gear Ratio

At 04:51 PM 01/18/2005 -0800, Bill Babcock wrote:
>But I have a steel crank,
>Carillo rods, good valve springs, forged pistons, light flywheel and
clutch
>with eight ARP bolts and two dowels. Pshaw says Ken, it's fine at 8000.
>
>Well, it's not Ken's first rodeo, so I'm going to listen to him and
swap out
>my 7200 RPM rev limiter for an 8000 chip, and squeeze my knees together
real
>tight at the end of the straight. That means my 4.1 is just fine and I
can
>power out of those tight corners in second.

Hey Bill, ya sure you need to be reminded it's time to lift when you see
8000?

;-)

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