Originally Posted by
the_grubb
Ok, first step... we've finally achieved to know what you want to achieve...
Excellent!
My numbers stop at 15 on the guage, the needle keeps going. I can assure you it is not peaking at 16.
I never said I was pokeing 140CC in - you did. Higher RPM than what? My 2400? In all my driving, never above 650C.
Umm I never said I am 40% above anything - where do you find this data to put in my mouth? I have no idea how much fuel I am putting in - I can prove that.
I can also prove that with my set up I can easily keep up with traffic and not look like a tosser revving the guts out of my engine in too lower gear or shuddering in too higher gear quite sufficiently with my 5 speed box. Most of the time I am stuck behind traffic :twisted:
I fail to see how you can't do the same. If you have more torque and power than me then you should be able to do it easier. If you have less power and torque then perhaps you could increase it to make it more driveable. Simple as that. That is all I have been trying to point out. I've made no big calls... seems you are making them for me.
Err Derr - thanks for sharing that. I never knew cars where driven in the real world...
Feel like beating my head against the wall. Isn't your power band from 2000-3200? However you want to drive between 1500-2500? If your happy with as low as 1500 and maintaining thru to 3200 (in the power band) then a 5 speed does your job. Someone build a wall with bigger bricks please.
What kind of hill are we talking? There is no such thing as 'cruising' up the side of a cliff unless you have momentum....
I agree, more gears makes it easier - the maths proves that.
6 gears is 20% more than 5 gears. I can do all the scenerios you describe above comfortably with 5 gears. 6 gears would make it nicer, so would a splitter on the 5 speed.
Don't go comparing with some crappy Mitsubishi. For all I know it was heavy and underpowered. I could pull out some example of a truck with a splitter that went well... Umm like the NPR with the Turboed 4BD1....
Two extremes;
1. Underpowered/narrow power band requires lots of gears to keep the torque to the ground at all speeds. ideally a CVT
2. Perfect engine with copious torque from idle that revs out to infiinity. No gears or gear box would be required.
Obviously limitations in the real world so all cars are somewhere in between. With a wider power band, less gears are required. Would more gears make it better - sure. Are they actually needed - no.
I'm still baffled why you make no mention of your power band in your driving and gear ratios, just only 1500-2500? Or you can keep trying to distract from the point by telling me I need to prove things that you say I have :o
Thing is, a man of your intelligence know this. Why the bull?
When I sell another 327 adapters to pay for it, I'll buy a Boost gauge and get a dyno and let you know ;)