What did you do to the G today?
#3466
01-27-2015, 06:04 AM
I had 3.55 in my 470 rwhp Mustang, and it would barely make it into 4th gear in the quarter, it was just too tall of a gear for drag racing. Lots of folks run 4.10s and put them getting close to the redline in 4th gear crossing the line, which is ideal. Depends on the height of the tire as well, and the rpm you want to be at crossing the line.
Then again, on the street, it would spin through the first three gears, so I see your point about too low of a gear can be useless. Spinning ain't winning. I ran DR's on the street and still spun, so it is what it is.
But if you can hook up, low gears on the street can really blow some traffic behind you.
#3467
01-27-2015, 10:16 PM
What gear are you in and what RPM/mph when crossing the quarter mile line?
I had 3.55 in my 470 rwhp Mustang, and it would barely make it into 4th gear in the quarter, it was just too tall of a gear for drag racing. Lots of folks run 4.10s and put them getting close to the redline in 4th gear crossing the line, which is ideal. Depends on the height of the tire as well, and the rpm you want to be at crossing the line.
Then again, on the street, it would spin through the first three gears, so I see your point about too low of a gear can be useless. Spinning ain't winning. I ran DR's on the street and still spun, so it is what it is.
But if you can hook up, low gears on the street can really blow some traffic behind you.
I had 3.55 in my 470 rwhp Mustang, and it would barely make it into 4th gear in the quarter, it was just too tall of a gear for drag racing. Lots of folks run 4.10s and put them getting close to the redline in 4th gear crossing the line, which is ideal. Depends on the height of the tire as well, and the rpm you want to be at crossing the line.
Then again, on the street, it would spin through the first three gears, so I see your point about too low of a gear can be useless. Spinning ain't winning. I ran DR's on the street and still spun, so it is what it is.
But if you can hook up, low gears on the street can really blow some traffic behind you.
But yes, a car modded with taller gearing to excel on a drag strip is going suck off the track with street tires. Which is why a 3.9 or higher on a street driven G35 with 500+whp is just impractical.
The following users liked this post:
Hotdawwgman (01-27-2015)
#3469
01-28-2015, 11:27 PM
The following users liked this post:
Urbanengineer (01-29-2015)
#3470
01-29-2015, 12:10 AM
#3471
01-29-2015, 01:08 AM
The following 2 users liked this post by JKL1031:
PhoenixG35 (01-31-2015),
saywat? (01-29-2015)
#3475
01-29-2015, 04:11 PM
#3476
01-29-2015, 05:51 PM
Registered User
#3478
01-29-2015, 07:30 PM
If the turbo is truly eminent in the near future might as well hold off
The following users liked this post:
TheJuice401 (01-30-2015)
