Re: gear ratios

richter69 on January 19th 2011, 5:47 pm

my old motor liked rpm, so I see no reason this one wont...again trial and error lol.

A spragless converter will eat up some et and mph over a sprag type, more of a topend deal.

cool40 on January 19th 2011, 9:53 pm

KY JELLY wrote:What et loss are you speaking of ? The mph and et are very close to what they should be.

Does it not seem strange to you that an alcohol engine of this size would like the rpm this one does ? Who knows why, it might be Lem's cam , Charlie and Laws port job , the tfs intake manifold , but it does not drop hp very quickly at all above 7000rpm it keeps on accelerating.

You are right the et slip tells the tail and every move I have made with this engine it says "I want to be turned in my upper rpm range"

The converter and gear has got to coincide with where the engine accelerates the quickest, if the chassis and tires will handle it , it will run quicker. It does not matter what you think or I think.

so.....when are the new gears gona be in? Laughing