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Shorter gears for 901 |
grantsfo |
Sep 20 2006, 10:14 AM
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Arrrrhhhh! Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 16-March 03 Member No.: 433 Region Association: None |
My original 901 (never been rebuilt) tranny lost second gear. So I have found a loaner 901 transmission while I have mine rebuilt. I'm going to go for shorter gears. Can somone help educate me to options around shorter gears for a 901 transmission. I'm having a shop do the work but I want to educate myself to what track drivers think works best for gears. I have a 2.4 that makes something around 160 to 170 HP and use 265/45/16 tires in the rear. I will mostly be just having fun doing track days.
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Trekkor |
Sep 20 2006, 11:44 AM
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I do things... Group: Members Posts: 7,809 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Napa, Ca Member No.: 1,413 Region Association: Northern California |
Grant, I wish you would have rode along during that last session. Then you could have felt MSX in action.
Ride along with me at Sears this time. Or watch a video. The concept is to put the engine in the powerband after each upshift. It's like having "one long gear" that pulls all the way to top mph. Let's say you shift at 6500 rpms in third ( M ) 75 mph, when you release the clutch in 4th gear ( S ) the rpms will be at about 4900-5000 rpms, you'll be right on the power and just keep pulling to 6500 rpms at 94 mph, etc. KT |
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