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Originally Posted by XfireZ51
I'm using 3.73s BUT I also have taller 19" wheels which effectively makes my gearing ~ a 3.50. Lgaff and myself had nearly identical setup a few years ago w the exception of gearing. He had a 4.10 in his 92 red, I had 3.45s w 92 aqua. Bot were top end mods and had the same headers, Watsons. Lee was usually faster by about .3-.4 but our trap speeds were within 100ths of a mph. He would beat me to the 1/8th w a higher mph but by the end, I would be gaining on him. Pretty sure that after the 1/4, I would have overtaken him. Just some anecdotal evidence.
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Which in my eyes shows the only advantage is having a shorter first gear. If you can take advantage of the increased torque at the tire in first it will get you ahead and then it's an even race until the shorter geared car hits 5th which is pretty much an overdrive then the stick geared car should catch and usually the race is well over before needing to go to 6th.
I ran a similar race when my 93 lt1 was bolt ons with 4.10s. When I started in 2nd gear from a 15 mph roll when the stock geared car was in 1st.. Were were pretty much neck and neck until I hit 5th. I would pull slightly and then lose it on the shift and repeated in every gear. If I launched hard in 1st I kept that advantage (about a car and a half) until I hit 5th where he would catch and pull slightly ahead before he hit 5th.
Personally I hated the gears back then. It was fun at first until I realized for all that extra push, I was moving at a slower speed in each gear. I started to miss that nice long uninterrupted pull.