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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mcglsr2" data-source="post: 1400952" data-attributes="member: 15705">I know where both of you guys are coming from, and you are both right.  It really depends on the "track."  To Monkey's point, if the track is really short, like an AutoX track, if you can stick the car in a single gear (say, 2nd gear for example) and leave it there, and the car has enough grunt to get out of corners as well as enough at the top to reach max speed on a straight section, then that would be better than shifting - you save the time from shifting.And Cobrasvt, you are right as well - you could just use your gears to account for the missing lower torque.  It just all depends on how you want to drive your car.  Though I will say this: the shorter the track, the more you will want some low end grunt to save you shifts (like a short AutoX where 30 mph will be your max speed).  The longer the track, like a road course (Sebring, for example), the more top end you will want as the speed gained overcomes the time lost shifting.It's all good, regardless of what car/motor you have.  The Auto Meter speedo I have is a programmable electronic one.  There are some specific instructions you have to follow, but you can calibrate it for any car.  It still uses the speedo input (VSS), but applies functions to it to match your actual speed.  So you can put whatever combination rear diff gear and tire on the car, and after you program it, it will be accurate.  It's pretty sweet.  You don't have to dick around with different colored gears with different tooth counts, speed cals, or any of that stuff.  Just use what your car already has, go through a program cycle with the speedo, and you are set.</blockquote>