cups v. coilovers? Now weight & 4spd. vs. 5 spd.

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

I haven't really known how to respond to this what with the trend to more
and more gears in the latest high performance cars.
One suggestion is to lay out a graph of torque or HP vs. MPH available for
all the gears and then overlay the two graphs. This should give you a good
idea of which combination will give better acceleration in the speed range
of interest and if there are going to be huge holes in acceleration if the
gear spacing is too wide.
As far as the difference in handling and braking as a result of saving
20lb.....?
One other thought, (since you must have available any f/d you care to pick
from) is why use a 3.89? The 3.89 gear set has 93 teeth vs. 84 teeth for the
3.94 or 3.67 gear sets. Bigger teeth are stronger!
just my .02
Dan



----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com>
To: Scott F. Williams <sfwilliams@comcast.net>; Michael Abatzis
<abatzis2@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:11 AM
Subject: RE: cups v. coilovers? Now weight & 4spd. vs. 5 spd.


> --- "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net> wrote:
> [a bunch of stuff that makes perfect sense]
>
> Sooo Scotty, (and now that I found that you aren't the orignial
> carrot/vagina searcher, the heat is off), I think as you do.  (AFA
> vehicle weight).
>
> So here's what I want to do...build a custom ratio 4-speed and install
> my Quaife into it.  I still daily drive this thing, but little highway.
>  I'll use a 3.89 FD.  All 020's have a 3.45 1st.  If I can shorten a 5
> spd. mainshaft, I'll be able to use a 1.75, 1.94, or 2.12 2nd, and
> whatever 3rd and 4th I choose.  And save a solid 20 lb., all off the
> front end (my bathroom scale told me!).
>
> This will be behind a 2.0L 16V, which I figure will have the torque to
> pull through the naturally wider gear spacing.  Thoughts/feedback?
>
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