Originally posted by Stebo:
It sounds like some of your are backing up my claim when I said I was doing 140mph at nearly 6500RPM. It certainly makes sense to me that this information is accurate.




Actually, no. But I wasn't accurate in my earlier post either!

Here is the formula:

(MPH * 5280 / 60 * 12)
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(Tire Diameter * 3.14) * Final Drive Ratio * Gear Ratio)

so...

140*5280 / 60*12 = 151008
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(24.3*3.14)*4.06*.77 = 238.66


or 6,054 rpm


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