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RoyJ
Jan 13, 2021Explorer
Here's a fun question, what if we "sand-bagged" the PSD with an Aisin 6 speed?
The be fair, I used a 4.10 rear end vs the 3.31 on the 10 speed. Surprise the overall 1st gear ratio becomes nearly identical, so performance is strictly down to gear gap:
![](https://i.imgur.com/0KRgbVJ.jpg)
The thrust tells us something really interesting:
![](https://i.imgur.com/aTtnKO6.jpg)
The Aisin is only able to hit 3rd gear, but the final thrust (and therefore overall gear ratio) is almost an exact match to 4th on the 10 speed. This means given enough time (big enough hill), the Aisin truck will reach the same speed.
Sure enough, my raw data says @ 200 seconds, the Aisin truck hits 44.7 mph, @ 2752 rpm and 475 hp. That's 1 mph faster.
At 190 seconds into the race, the 10 speed has covered 3493 meters, and the Aisin 3494. So the Aisin passed the 10 spd by 3 feet at 3 min 10 sec. It was quite a bit behind at the start.
The be fair, I used a 4.10 rear end vs the 3.31 on the 10 speed. Surprise the overall 1st gear ratio becomes nearly identical, so performance is strictly down to gear gap:
![](https://i.imgur.com/0KRgbVJ.jpg)
The thrust tells us something really interesting:
![](https://i.imgur.com/aTtnKO6.jpg)
The Aisin is only able to hit 3rd gear, but the final thrust (and therefore overall gear ratio) is almost an exact match to 4th on the 10 speed. This means given enough time (big enough hill), the Aisin truck will reach the same speed.
Sure enough, my raw data says @ 200 seconds, the Aisin truck hits 44.7 mph, @ 2752 rpm and 475 hp. That's 1 mph faster.
At 190 seconds into the race, the 10 speed has covered 3493 meters, and the Aisin 3494. So the Aisin passed the 10 spd by 3 feet at 3 min 10 sec. It was quite a bit behind at the start.
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