Subject	Like you mentioned above, it seems counter intuitive
Posted by	SirpriZ on October 15, 2005 at 12:27 AM
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In Reply To	yeah, he kinda like blew my mind, man (n/m) posted by robo (sebring1970) on October 14, 2005 at 11:41 PM
Message	(great phrase), but as the power drops in a smaller turboed car, the ability to push thru the air (and smog in L.A.) at high speeds requires more torque, and that drops off the table with a stock turbo car....so the REAL top speed is limited by the car's ability to push thru that resistance. Since the gears are torque multipliers, they allow you to make that power (torque) to pull to redline (or close), and thus potentially go faster. It doesn't matter as much if you already have that power created by the power output from the engine, the car can already push thru the air resistance and then the gears actually lower the REAL top speed as they lower the MPH at the same previous RPM. I just repeated what ZLover4Life said, and said it with more confusion. Seriously, I hope that makes sense. On my website, I have formulas (or formulea) to calculate speed vs RPM in any given gear if you know your tire diameter. Please feel free to contact me with any additional questions about the gears so that I can further confuse the issue. Take care, Mark
Follow Ups	Just installed the 4.10 Leader Gears - citation 17:54:11 10/14/05 sounds great. slightly off topic but has anyone calculated - robo (sebring1970) 18:22:40 10/14/05 it's close to that of the non-turbo - ZLover4Life 18:24:00 10/14/05 assuming 26" tires.... (I'm not sure the stock tire size) - ZLover4Life 18:29:51 10/14/05 so in "real world numbers," you know, with wind resistance - robo (sebring1970) 18:47:19 10/14/05 yes, I entirely disagree - ZLover4Life 19:05:13 10/14/05 thanks for the feedback. that's counter intuitive for - robo (sebring1970) 19:18:13 10/14/05 it will affect the top end if your top end is limited by rpm - ZLover4Life 20:38:57 10/14/05 for example - ZLover4Life 20:53:42 10/14/05 thanks for that. I have to think about what you wrote - robo (sebring1970) 21:14:42 10/14/05 That's very well explained and very accurate. Mark - SirpriZ 22:51:36 10/14/05 yeah, he kinda like blew my mind, man (n/m) - robo (sebring1970) 23:41:01 10/14/05 Like you mentioned above, it seems counter intuitive - SirpriZ 00:27:42 10/15/05 thank you, that means a lot to me coming from you (n/m) - ZLover4Life 00:41:52 10/15/05 You're certainly welcome. Take care, Mark (n/m) - SirpriZ 01:05:13 10/15/05 The max mechanical top speed is reduced. - CrazyGreek 20:40:04 10/14/05 I'm assuming a "real world" top end on my car of about - robo (sebring1970) 20:55:35 10/14/05 Salt flats Yo' - CrazyGreek 21:04:34 10/14/05 I've never been to the Salt Flats, although I would love to - robo (sebring1970) 22:03:41 10/14/05 Re: I've never been to the Salt Flats, although I would love - Guapo 22:08:51 10/14/05 that is too cool (n/m) - robo (sebring1970) 23:28:17 10/14/05 Zcon 07 @ the slat flats!!! That would be fun to try. - CrazyGreek 22:20:34 10/14/05 Yes, check out this site, it's great for that - citation 18:24:44 10/14/05 thanks for posting that - ZLover4Life 18:33:30 10/14/05 I didn't think those things would work. Nice runs Randy! - SirpriZ 22:49:37 10/14/05 Cool! I extrapolated to a 10.9 @ 129 mph. (n/m) - Arnel@Z32racing.com 08:26:48 10/15/05 I'll let you know after the 22nd. - citation 20:47:25 10/15/05
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