Subject	Remember autos have a torque converter which multiplies...
Posted by	RMiller on August 04, 2005 at 1:09 PM
	This message has been viewed 124 times.
In Reply To	Leader gears 4.10 on MT TT. Benefit or mistake? posted by Gunter_Prien on August 04, 2005 at 12:38 PM
Message	torque, which is why they seem to have such low ratios. It sounds like your friend may be complaining about that to sort of show off. The speed at given rpm in given gear is only 10% lower w/ the 4.10 gears.
Follow Ups	Leader gears 4.10 on MT TT. Benefit or mistake? - Gunter_Prien 12:38:33 08/04/05 Re: Leader gears 4.10 on MT TT. Benefit or mistake? - Zman80 12:55:44 08/04/05 Its not like you can just buy a set of gears off the shelf - Joe(NoVA) 13:04:35 08/04/05 if your purpose is top speed, then you wont want the - Guapo 12:59:29 08/04/05 an undisclosed member... - PennStateZ 13:10:57 08/04/05 It's a tradeoff, but a worthwhile one... - SeedyROM 13:24:12 08/04/05 it helps to have decent tires too (n/m) - Guapo 13:25:59 08/04/05 Seriously! Too many people with crap traction. - SeedyROM 13:30:09 08/04/05 I'm going to miss my free pilot sports :( (n/m) - PennStateZ 13:34:55 08/04/05 that's kind of what I figured. - PennStateZ 13:30:58 08/04/05 That's a myth. And I'm going to debunk it right now. - ZHOUND 14:20:33 08/04/05 I don't care about gearing... those vid's are killer! (n/m) - zgene4 14:23:45 08/04/05 Thnx. - ZHOUND 14:27:38 08/04/05 Another + for 4.10 gears. - ZHOUND 14:25:09 08/04/05 but your personal best was with stock gears? (n/m) - PennStateZ 15:05:37 08/04/05 No. - ZHOUND 16:32:53 08/04/05 I must be confused... - PennStateZ 17:22:53 08/04/05 I should've been more clear. - ZHOUND 17:37:37 08/04/05 ah, I guess you had them backwards. - PennStateZ 18:21:11 08/04/05 That's because we were talking about load in lower gears. - ZHOUND 18:31:12 08/04/05 I gotcha. - PennStateZ 18:33:06 08/04/05 Excellent, good to know. - SeedyROM 18:48:17 08/04/05 Re: an undisclosed member... - ni[X]it 14:40:30 08/04/05 I assumed they were comparable to na gearing in a TT... - PennStateZ 14:57:46 08/04/05 yup.... - Zluster(Hating Socal) 15:18:00 08/04/05 u mean quickerer :-) (n/m) - TARGETZ 19:55:21 08/04/05 That member is completely clueless. (n/m) - Kenny 17:04:37 08/04/05 Remember autos have a torque converter which multiplies... - RMiller 13:09:12 08/04/05 FWIW, a torque converter is really nothing more than a - Ash's Z 13:59:27 08/04/05 This may explain it a bit better for ya>>> - SeedyROM 13:35:44 08/04/05 What kind of time decreases did you guys see - BOOZTD 3 14:20:48 08/04/05 I dropped nearly .5 tenths with no other mod changes - SeedyROM 18:43:23 08/04/05 .5 tenths or 5 tenths?? ;) (n/m) - BOOZTD 3 19:37:38 08/04/05 Oops! Yeah, 5 tenths =) (n/m) - SeedyROM 20:09:09 08/04/05 It would be nice to chat with you sometime on AIM - BOOZTD 3 00:54:53 08/05/05 well as far as driveablilty............... - Zluster(Hating Socal) 15:25:47 08/04/05 How much do these gears affect highway driving? I know - Musashi Sword 18:19:01 08/04/05 You'll be doing the same speed vs. RPM as the NAs. - SirpriZ 18:41:34 08/04/05 Mashing it from 80mph is still quite noticable - SeedyROM 18:42:32 08/04/05 roughly 150 to 200 more RPM, hardly noticable IMHO. - ni[X]it 21:37:18 08/04/05 OK, thanks guys. (n/m) - Musashi Sword 12:56:06 08/05/05
Post a Followup	You cannot reply to this message because you are not logged in.