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Re: Bonneville Transmissions

To: V4GR@aol.com
Subject: Re: Bonneville Transmissions
From: dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 05:17:13 -0400
So you agree with me trans gearing does matter?? Crosley don't know who
ou are talking about??
Dahlgren

V4GR@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I believe the answer is "it depends". Do you think that Crosley would have
> gone faster on the long course? If pushed to where it would run in high it's
> top speed would have been the same on either course. Jacks car NT788 ran 226
> in the last mile and 231.5 out the end. If he would have accelerated better
> with some gears his average speed would have been better. If your last mile
> is almost the same as your exit speed, your trans gears won't help. That's
> what I think anyway. I understood that Joe Fontana, in the days before data
> gathering devices, ran with a tape recorder in the car. He would play it back
> and time it to see how long it took him to reach high gear. The shorter the
> time the better the motor was running, and the more course to work on.  Rich
> Fox

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