Help needed. Have appointment at Milan Dragway on the 19th of June (2015).
My car is not drag optimized, its got wicked stiff cortex dampers on it and a 3.55 gear. 5th gear will be needed in the 1/4 mile - 3.55 gear, 1.32 MT82 4th gear ratio, 7400 rpm max, small 25" Hoosier drag radial gets me 117mph. I'd rather shift at 7200 to save the motor that's only 114 MPH. Last year with a 3.15 gear at about 6800 rpm in 4th it ran 122 MPH.
Since i'm stuck with four gear changes is there a way to make 5 gears work better than 4 in a quarter mile? Shaun from AED said to avoid the shift to 5th if at all possible because it just reduces MPH and increases ET but that would not work for me.. engine would not be happy going through the traps at 7700-7800 rpm! :-\
edit: here is my power curve in case you want to look at peak torque vs. rpm vs. HP?
My car is not drag optimized, its got wicked stiff cortex dampers on it and a 3.55 gear. 5th gear will be needed in the 1/4 mile - 3.55 gear, 1.32 MT82 4th gear ratio, 7400 rpm max, small 25" Hoosier drag radial gets me 117mph. I'd rather shift at 7200 to save the motor that's only 114 MPH. Last year with a 3.15 gear at about 6800 rpm in 4th it ran 122 MPH.
Since i'm stuck with four gear changes is there a way to make 5 gears work better than 4 in a quarter mile? Shaun from AED said to avoid the shift to 5th if at all possible because it just reduces MPH and increases ET but that would not work for me.. engine would not be happy going through the traps at 7700-7800 rpm! :-\
edit: here is my power curve in case you want to look at peak torque vs. rpm vs. HP?