Originally posted by racerbox77:
i dont think "effective gear ratio" has anything to do with it. if the tranny gear and axle gear is how you get "egr" and the higher the better. than a 5ltr mustang with a 3:73 rear end and a 3:35 first gear would have lower "egr" than a tour. i know first hand a lighter flywheel on an 11 sec mustang helps. on my car it gave me .10 of sec and 1 mph.
why i think my tour didnt go any faster is because of the cam profiles, the secondaries (3800rpm), lack of torque, and crappy 60fts.


So you basically just contradicted yourself.

It can't be effective gear ratio because your mustang could hook up and launch at a higher rpm but the contour can't.

That has NOTHING to do with it at all. That has to do with the platform's ability to get traction and also what has already been posted about 10 times in this thread alone before you said it.

The POWER TO THE GROUND, which is NOT power at the engine, is definitely effected by EGT. That's the entire point of gearing.

A lighter rotating assembly takes less torque to spin and can do more work over time or the same work quicker. The higher the EGT the more the "savings" effects the ability to turn the wheels.

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