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Old Jan 5, 2003 | 09:51 PM
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umm.. for stock gearing wat are the speeds.

i.e. 1st-30mph
Old Jan 5, 2003 | 10:15 PM
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do you mean 8000rpm in each gear ?
Old Jan 5, 2003 | 10:16 PM
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yeah
Old Jan 5, 2003 | 10:21 PM
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i never really pay attention... just the tach not the speed
Old Jan 5, 2003 | 10:52 PM
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2nd goes up to about 70, and 4th is good for 135 or so, thats all I remember
Old Jan 5, 2003 | 10:58 PM
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heres why i ask. whenever i drag race i shift into 4th almost at the end of the track and just wanted to know if that was right.i believe in 3rd i top out around 80...does this sound weird?
Old Jan 5, 2003 | 10:59 PM
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could this be a slippin clutch er wa?
Old Jan 5, 2003 | 11:00 PM
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I think i can take 3rd to about 105ish. Dont mark me on this, but i know its around the 100mph range. So unless somthing wierd happnes youll have to shift to 4th...
Old Jan 5, 2003 | 11:08 PM
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3rd goes over 100, not 80. The redline on a stock car is 8000, not the 7500 where the red begins.
Old Jan 6, 2003 | 12:04 AM
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oh.im the biggest ***** in the world then. wen im at the track i shift at like 7400 and im gettin low 14's.im like what the **** is wrong???so shift at 8k?



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