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Originally posted by AzCivic
so the ratios arent really all that different for these cars, hmmm, what if we made the eclipses slightly longer ratios(3, 4) exactly the same as the civic's...I wonder would the eclipse win by an even greater margin or would the civic somehow benefit from the eclipses "mistake"?
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If you make the eclipses longer gear ratios the same as the civics (which isnt much different) the Civic would benefit since the eclipse wouldnt be able to use as much of its high end ability as it was able to use before.
ANd BTW, raising the rev limit past your max power is useless since you will just continue to loose power if you dont shift - turbo cars benefit from longer gearing since boost increases linearly - the longer you rev w/out shifting, the more your turbo will spool - thus creating more power. Obviously you have to shift at some point, but it is wise to use longer gearing w/turbo since once your turbo is moving, you will be able to make more power at a lower rpm.
This explains why the eclipse has a shorter 1st gear, because it will be able to get its turbo fulley spooled in first, and then take advantage of the spooling to make power during the longer gears.
These stats dont do anything other than support my side of the argument.