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Huntindog
Oct 06, 2018Explorer
mkirsch wrote:Never said you had to stay in any gear.
What's saying you MUST stay in that gear?
As long as you aren't in 1st, you can always drop down another gear to accelerate. If you're running out of power in 1st, you probably shouldn't be where you are, OR you've got serious mechanical problems.
In the case of the OP, where he's locking out 6th AND 5th for a majority of the trip, I agree, a gear change is a good idea, and I agree, 4.30 or nothing.
The point was that once you slowed down on a steep grade that a lower rear end ratio will allow you to regain speed easier and quicker in all gears.
If you do not believe this... Then there are a lot of drag racers that have been doing it wrong.
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