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RE: Gear Ratio Chart

To: "Bruce" <brucemills@dccnet.com>, "MGB Newsgroup" <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Gear Ratio Chart
From: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:19:24 -0700
In-reply-to: <001001c07f8b$95f02960$300732cc@bruce>
Reply-to: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>
Sender: owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net
I gotta believe you'll run out of power before you get to 151mph.

Larry Hoy

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Bruce
>Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 12:12 AM
>To: MGB Newsgroup
>Subject: Gear Ratio Chart
>
>
>I have a gear ratio chart for Excel if any is interseted. You enter tire
>size, rear end ratio and the gear ratio and you get something like the
>following
>In my case Tire size 185/74/14
>Tire Dia 24.93
>Tire Width 7.28
>Rear End Ratio 3.91
>
>1st Gear 2.95  at 5000 rpm  32 mph
>2nd Gear 1.94 at 5000 rpm 49 mph
>3rd Gear 1.34 at 5000 rpm 71 mph
>4th Gear 1.00 at 5000 rpm 95 mph
>5th Gear 0.63 at 500 rpm 151 mph
>
>Fairly impressive, but where can you go 151 and do you really want to in a
>B?
>
>Bruce

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