Pyrorocketeer Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Why do you want long gears? my bro is looking into a project for the summer. I'm not going into toooo many details, but tons of torque + long gears + sub 1800lb tube frame car = tons of fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attaus Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 With more power, longer gears are very important -- unless you just like spinning the tires and not going anywhere. With stock power, longer gears will just bog the car down. So you would want 4.4-4.5 or higher in our motors. But once you boost it and get serious power, you'll gain more mph for each gear, spool earlier because of the load, and spin a little less. This is why Supra's dominate on the highway. (3.25 FD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS John Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 So then you have long gearing but a short FD? How does that work exactly? Anyone wanna explain it to me or link me somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 Lower the number FD the longer the gearing is. Higher FD = Shorter time in each gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Wow, this thread wreaks of douche. Oh, hi Solles. /Thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 Lol, because I was explaining to him how it works? Nice job on the /thread thing. Now everyone's catching on. By the way, you misspelled reek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Oh, wow. We have a grammar nazi. Pardon me. And, no. You're just a douche. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 Yeah, you're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Yes, I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS John Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 I am going to disregard the stupidity here and say what I was thinking when I first read the response to my question. SolLes, that gearing/FD thing makes sense. When I think about it I knew that, since you were talking about a 4.5 FD and then moved up to a 4.9 so that you could get shorter gearing. I think I agree with Dan that a H22 with an ITR trans would be nice. But wouldn't H2Bs be better for people that start off with a B series as a base? Otherwise why not swap in the right motor/trans combination from the start? Going from D to H2B makes less sense to me than just going K now that I think about it, so in that way I agree with what civic cee exx was saying earlier. If you got a B though I say H2B all the way unless you got more money than most of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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