Just a poll/question that got me wondering.
In your car, be it a manual or automatic, boosted or forced induction, or what rearend gears you have; which gear seems to pull the hardest to you?
I'm leaving out 6th gear as an option since that is an OD gear for both trans.
I feel in my car (mods in sig) that 4th gear seems to pull the hardest to me. The way I think about it, getting as close to a 1:1 ratio is the trick. True 1:1 is a lot of stress on the motor. Getting close to, but not at, 1:1 still means the gearing/trans is still doing the majority of the work, but you are still utilizing the motor as much as possible while keeping stress down.
In your car, be it a manual or automatic, boosted or forced induction, or what rearend gears you have; which gear seems to pull the hardest to you?
I'm leaving out 6th gear as an option since that is an OD gear for both trans.
I feel in my car (mods in sig) that 4th gear seems to pull the hardest to me. The way I think about it, getting as close to a 1:1 ratio is the trick. True 1:1 is a lot of stress on the motor. Getting close to, but not at, 1:1 still means the gearing/trans is still doing the majority of the work, but you are still utilizing the motor as much as possible while keeping stress down.
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