gear ratio help, please?

[coupe5ohh]

the higer the gear ration the lower the top speed but ur acceleration goes up..and ur car is gonna b sumwhere around 2.5k in 5th gear

 

[95opal]

the higer the gear ration the lower the top speed but ur acceleration goes up..and ur car is gonna b sumwhere around 2.5k in 5th gear

Your engine combo dictates your top end your gears are nothing more than a torque muliplyer. That said gear the car accoring to the engines powerband, period the end.

 

[castine917]

sort of. i agree yet see flaw in how you wrote that. little change to gear the car accoring to the engines powerband and vehicle use is more accurate i think. mathematically a change in any value will change the solution.

 

[4wheelslide]

I am not doing much more than the basics on this car, heads when I can afford them, cam (steeda 19), injectors/maf, throttle body, fuel system. Control arms, sub-frame connectors. Roll bar. Simple stuff that I can do incrimentally. Bama tune. But either way, even if it were bone stock, I am of the belief that the 2.73's do not make optimum use of the powerband of this car, they make for a tame, sporty, yet fuel efficient, pony to market to the masses. I believe that just like a stock F150 with gear option, the car will accelerate better and shove me back in my seat a bit harder. Now, if I were gonna race this thing I'd have the cam rpm range and head flow limitations to determine my optimum gear, but I am not trippin on all that, I just want to make it a little more fun to drive.