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fiveoformula
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Joined: 08 Aug 2007
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Location: OR
1988 Pontiac Formula
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 Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:12 am Post subject: |
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| Twilightoptics wrote: |
Derek - T5 is rated at 250lbft T56 is rated at 450lbft.
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Sorry the way I posted that was confusing, I meant that the strength in the "T56" was another advantage. But T5s aren't bad if you don't beat them up. |
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DBL_TKE
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Joined: 28 Feb 2007
Posts: 1505
Location: Aloha, OR
1991 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
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| Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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| 91RSVert wrote: | | aaron_sK wrote: |
On the matter of gearing vs. slipping the clutch, imagine this: Say you get your clutch all the way out at, hypothetically lets say, six miles per hour. Now lets say it takes Gramps in the El Dog in front of you ten seconds to get up to six mph. So you wait for ten seconds and then launch hard or you slip your clutch for ten seconds. Now double your rear axle ratio. This effectively halves the speed for a given RPM. Assuming Gramps accelerates linearly now you spend half the time with the clutch partially engaged reducing heat and wear.
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1, I'm not waiting on nobody, snoozing at the line is about my 3rd pet peeve.
2. IMO, gearing down is going to make me get into his ass faster, which means I'm going to be burning the clutch more. Or start pushing it in/out more.
Maybe I just need to drive calmer  |
Steeper gears will not make you "get on his ass faster", being an agressive driver will. Why don't you just tone down your driving a bit? |
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91RSVert
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Location: AR
1991 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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| Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| DBL_TKE wrote: | | Why don't you just tone down your driving a bit? |
Thats what I put above. But on the same note, we could say other people need to learn to obay the laws that are put in place like putting the phone down, or slow traffic keep right. But thats a whole nother argument. |
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