Joined: Nov 22, Posts: 11, Better acceleration from a stop, slower acceleration on the highway. Better gas mileage in the city, worse gas mileage on the highway could possibly be better if you have 37" tires with 3. Joined: May 8, Posts: 33, Joined: Sep 22, Posts: 86, Don't go 3. I figured the 4. Joined: Jun 21, Posts: 6, If you want to go lower, go 4. If you do alot of highway driving you would notice a difference in gas mileage with lower gears. Driving around town you wouldn't notice much.
If it was me, and i was changing gears, I'd go lower but I prefer lower gears. Skip to Last Page 1. Post Reply Back to topics. This post has been flagged. Click to display linked image. Featured Stories. Story Poster. Aggies unable to muster extraordinary performances, fall at Ole Miss by Olin Buchanan.
Story Poster story photo 7h ago. Photo Gallery: No. Story Poster story photo 10h ago. It seems pretty accurate considering the impressions I'm getting driving my car with the new 3.
Well, I haven't taken my car out to the track for some real testing either and I thought the numbers looked odd too when they first came out but let me try to explain how the program got those numbers and my opinions on the 3.
The program shows that with the 2. It seems that the 3. Which means, in a mph run, you'd have to hit 3rd gear. The extra gear shift would slow the times compared to a higher gear needing only 2 gears to get to 60 and that's how the program got those times. Neat huh? To make the 3. Of course the main focus here is times. If you look at roll-on acceleration times and mph acceleration times, they improve with every gear increment and that's where most of the hands-on driving will show in the way it pulls stronger in every gear it's really nice now.
I've only had the 3. With my old 2. With the 3. I can actually break traction in 1st AND 2nd gear! I wasn't watching the speedo when doing a few launches but it does seem as though I'm coming short of 60mph in 2nd and that I probably do need to be in 3rd to drive me through it, so the program numbers have made sense to me for my situation. It does feel as though it needs quite a bit more horsepower to bring the power curve in-line with the new gear.
With your '88 GT and 3. Can you tell me whether you do or not? If I were to keep the hp numbers stock, I would have also considered going with 3. But I'm thinking Vortech in the future so I'm planning ahead but in the mean time, it's so much better having power available in every gear compared to the 2.
With the 2. The ETs are flat. I'd run the 3. If you recall the data with the 4. Why did the '89 GT have better times as you increase in ratio?
The gearing in the T-5 in the '89 GT is different than the gears in the T! The 4. How do the figures look now? Those numbers are wrong Lowering the gearing is going to increase torque multiplication and increase acceleration through the gears. The only reason you would slow down would be lack of traction. If the sim. I apologize to everyone for my previous posts on this thread. In no way, did I intend to pass off the numbers as "real" figures.
Someone posed a question on approximate figures and I thought that this little program could give him an idea of what kind of numbers he could expect to see but even then, I messed up because I didn't know there was a difference in the T-5 and T gears and am also disappointed at myself for even posting my opinions on this at all.
Desktop benchracing is no substitute for actual track-time which I have little on cars. In the future, I'll try to keep my opinions based on my own personal experiences. With that said, I am curous if anyone has installed 3. I had just had 3. What are your impressions on the 3. I'm going to get some 3.
Highway driving is still acceptable. The one thing I liked about the 2. Now, 70mph is rpms, 80mph is rpms, and 5th gear is now a little more responsive when a short burst of power is needed. Decent gas mileage is still possible but you can also go thru a tank of gas a LOT faster if your not careful. This week is not as good The one downside I am feeling is city driving; specifically when accelerating off a dead stop.
When driving conservatively, I try to make my shifts at rpm. But rpms in 1st gear is 15mph, and about 25mph in 2nd gear meaning you I lag behind in traffic. Some people may not care, but I do. I don't mind taking it easy on the road but I don't like the feeling of lagging behind in traffic when accelerating off the light. Of course the only thing to do then is shift at rpms but then your blowing a lot more fuel and making a little too much noise for "conservative" driving. I think that this also has to do with the powerband of the 4.
So the 4. I'm still working on restraint but this week it just got the better of me and I've been punching it a little harder. I definitely like the 3.
If I had 3. I think 3. Hope this helps give you an idea of what to expect. Reply to author. Report message as abuse. Show original message.
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