11-13-2002, 04:02 PM
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If I could only get an infinately variable transmission with ratios from 1000:1 to 1:1 than I could do it all with a little briggs and stratton motor. This being the real world, you can only have so many forward gears, and their ratios can only be so far apart, so if you maximise torque just above your shift recovery point, you will go faster. It's tough gearing a car to maximise performance from 0-140 mph without tradeoffs.
This is a neat thread, lets keep arguing, it's fun
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In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
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