At 06:43 PM 7/10/00 -0700, you wrote:
>I thought the same thing the first time I saw some of those diff gear
>numbers...i thought holy crap!
>But you are still right as a generalization. If you look at alot of the
>Japanese cars they do have a lower final drive than most American cars. The
>two Mazdas I had (which were excellent cars btw) were crankin about 3600 rpm
>at 80. My Dak is turning about 2400 at 80. Big diff... (pun intended..)
I don't remember the exact number, but my 3000GT VR-4 loped along at
somewhere between 1600-1800rpms at 60. (in fifth) Later models got a 6
speed, but I'm not sure if they just spaced out the gears or gave it a
bigger overdrive. No idea what the "rearend" gears were. (AWD) I wish I
had known about the dragstrip back then; I never got any 1/4 mile times,
but it was darn quick. :-) Twin turbochargers on a 6 was fun, but I
intend to make my Dak even quicker (twin turbochargers on an engine with 2
more cylinders and twice the displacement should be at least twice the fun,
eh?) ;-)
-Jon-
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