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So taller gears (lower numerically) may spool the turbo's
Posted by
F8IZHIS
on July 24, 2005 at 9:33 AM
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HIGHER gearing for the Z32. This is a question for those
posted by SirpriZ
on July 23, 2005 at 05:51 PM
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faster than shorter gears because the taller gears put more of a load on the engine? So theoretically, if the car has enough power, taller gearing would actually be better for drag racing with larger turbos, is that right?
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HIGHER gearing for the Z32. This is a question for those
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SirpriZ
17:51:07 07/23/05
why would you need gearing higher than 4.10
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fst300zx
18:03:58 07/23/05
NUMERICALLY higher gearing (like 4.10) is referred to as
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SirpriZ
18:13:30 07/23/05
I thought numerically lower gearing is called taller gearing
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olyar15
18:31:59 07/23/05
That's also another term. Taller gearing=higher gearing,
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SirpriZ
18:38:02 07/23/05
You are sooooooooo here for us!
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Z1TRUTH
18:05:24 07/23/05
Get your car running! Mark (n/m)
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SirpriZ
18:16:27 07/23/05
Mark, put the LeaderGears in today on my Z
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Seb (Specialty-Z)
18:22:50 07/23/05
Seb, your phone is ringing. And why did you install
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SirpriZ
18:25:59 07/23/05
Is it really that big of a change?
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larryb
19:52:03 07/23/05
I know you were asking Seb, but I have no manners so
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SirpriZ
20:23:25 07/23/05
There is noone in Utah with the gears(other than myself)
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larryb
20:38:24 07/23/05
Holy crap...those are big turbos! Please get back to me
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SirpriZ
21:22:11 07/23/05
He should set it up w/ the stock gearing and
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Seb (Specialty-Z)
23:51:37 07/23/05
I absolutely agree! Larryb, if you can, wait to install
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SirpriZ
13:56:37 07/24/05
Yeah dude, it "woke" my car up so to speak.
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Seb (Specialty-Z)
20:57:03 07/23/05
wanna sell her back to me?
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UnrulyZ
22:42:37 07/23/05
Is your car auto or manual?
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Gunter_Prien
01:56:33 07/24/05
Manual, and whoever told you that is nuts (n/m)
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Seb (Specialty-Z)
04:06:15 07/24/05
Both statements are very incorrect. (n/m)
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Scotts94z32
11:41:31 07/24/05
I have a manual....
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ZisLuv
12:02:33 07/24/05
Yes, in the interest of speeding my demise...
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RSR
08:53:02 07/24/05
So taller gears (lower numerically) may spool the turbo's -
F8IZHIS
09:33:50 07/24/05
Hi Kurt, Long time. While the load placed on the engine
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SirpriZ
13:38:00 07/24/05
Ahh, ok - thanks for the explanation
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F8IZHIS
17:06:33 07/24/05
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