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Originally Posted by luigi90210 wait...what? if you are going with longer gears you will gain top speed but shorter gears will reduce top speed(not by much really), also gears have

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12-24-2013, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by luigi90210

wait...what?
if you are going with longer gears you will gain top speed but shorter gears will reduce top speed(not by much really), also gears have no effect on drag

On paper yes, but in the real world, your stock motor is not going to have the power to pull to redline in top gear. You would be doing over 200MPH, not possible, but the mechanical advantage gained by lower gears you can actually gain top speed

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