jasonstang
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Then you are running into grip issue.
It's all compromise.
It's all compromise.
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By having a taller 1st, it allows better 2-5th being closer ratio to keep in the torque band. Other wise 2nd gear would have to be taller to close the gap.The 1st gear is not really important in a track-focused car. 2nd-5th is where it is at.
Yeah it's pretty clear that 6th gear had a very clear MPG target and literally nothing else. 2100 RPM at 70? That's LS type of gearing but the difference is that LS's actually have a nutsack at that RPM. My 07 Civic 1.8L passes better in top gear than the 350. :lol:6th is a waste, just to get a mpg rating above 16 lol.
Actually the C7 has 7 speed so you don't have that weird gap between 5th and 6th. I hate that gap on my GT at around 55mph. It's too high rpm (2100rpm) for cruising in 5th yet too low if I shift into 6th (1500rpm).Yeah it's pretty clear that 6th gear had a very clear MPG target and literally nothing else. 2100 RPM at 70? That's LS type of gearing but the difference is that LS's actually have a nutsack at that RPM. My 07 Civic 1.8L passes better in top gear than the 350. :lol:
The LT1 can actually handle it though even if there was that gap. After driving a C7, I couldn't even see why I'd use 6th.Actually the C7 has 7 speed so you don't have that weird gap between 5th and 6th. I hate that gap on my GT at around 55mph. It's too high rpm (2100rpm) for cruising in 5th yet too low if I shift into 6th (1500rpm).
I bet it can being such a large engine.The LT1 can actually handle it though even if there was that gap. After driving a C7, I couldn't even see why I'd use 6th.
Perhaps.First is long. Torque multiplication through gearing is what you do with a huge redline. Not make a 54mph first gear lol.
If first was say 47-49mph, we would probably shave .2 off the 0-60 time