Are Evos really that Fast?
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Any RWD car is always geared very long per gear, at least stock. For example a C6 Z06 is geared stock to max out 6th gear at about 225mph. RWD cars are geared long as ***** for a few reasons, to help them appear to have awesome gas mileage by keeping revvs low, and 2 to help keep them from spinning as much as possible.
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Any RWD car is always geared very long per gear, at least stock. For example a C6 Z06 is geared stock to max out 6th gear at about 225mph. RWD cars are geared long as ***** for a few reasons, to help them appear to have awesome gas mileage by keeping revvs low, and 2 to help keep them from spinning as much as possible.
Evo's have extremely shallow gearing, so that translates to super quick acceleration and rapetrain performance up til about 140mph, where the Evo begins dying due to that super stubby gearing. Revvs can make up for that of course, but aerodynamics isnt on the evo's side compared to other cars, like the Z06 at 140mph+ territory. The Z06 is certainly no slouch by any means especially in stock form, but it cant really get out of its own way til about 65 or 70mph due to that gearing lag, and particularly because its likely going to spin without the right tire. The driver either needs to be super high in the rev's and then the car will spin and actuate a quick shift to the next gear, or they have to start in that next gear and then the car goes nowhere due to being lower in the RPM range. So race one from 40mph, and youre likely to put a good distance on it.
Evo's have extremely shallow gearing, so that translates to super quick acceleration and rapetrain performance up til about 140mph, where the Evo begins dying due to that super stubby gearing. Revvs can make up for that of course, but aerodynamics isnt on the evo's side compared to other cars, like the Z06 at 140mph+ territory. The Z06 is certainly no slouch by any means especially in stock form, but it cant really get out of its own way til about 65 or 70mph due to that gearing lag, and particularly because its likely going to spin without the right tire. The driver either needs to be super high in the rev's and then the car will spin and actuate a quick shift to the next gear, or they have to start in that next gear and then the car goes nowhere due to being lower in the RPM range. So race one from 40mph, and youre likely to put a good distance on it.
Correct, however I was simply stating that the car is geared long enough to hit 225 if the limiter was removed (and if there was enough power to do it of course). If the car was geared shorter to say hit like 195 in 6th instead of 225, it would accelerate much better, but it'd be a washing machine basically on spin cycle lol.
Please steer very, very clear of heading towards street racing in this thread. Also, the amount of misinformation being bantered back and forth in here so far is only serving to feed the disillusioned.
To the OP, you may want to at least clarify what type of racing you are talking about. Drag? Track? Auto-x? Because I know you aren't talking about street racing.
To the OP, you may want to at least clarify what type of racing you are talking about. Drag? Track? Auto-x? Because I know you aren't talking about street racing.
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But the rpms at 80+ mph do get a tad annoying over an extended period of time.
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AWD cars are always going to have an advantage from a dead stop. I say advantage because it is there for the driver with the mod who knows how to work it to his/her advantage. It doesn't mean you're guaranteed to get out of the hole quicker than the RWD, FWD car. Again, back on the driver. HP means nothing without the actual footwork to help the car hook. A lot of things said in this thread that I agree with but too damn lazy to reference.
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