Trav-E2.0 said:
Thing is I don't trust anyone to work on my car, I do all the work myself. That is if I'm not feeling too lazy....lol.
jesus tap-dancing christ, you guys.i haven't logged onto this site in over a year, and THIS is what i have to come back to? for shame.
Travis, you should have chosen your words more carefully. this is why i'm quoting you here. your exact words are basically a slap in the face to all of us who have helped you with your car and been there for you all the time. now, if that's not what you meant, fine. and i'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt. but, if you are actually trying to imply that all the work done on your focus has been done solely by you, then you're an ASS and simply do not appreciate the true friendship we bestow upon you (and you to us when you feel like it).
and now, a science lesson. gee, wouldn't it be nice if we had a local engineer who knew WTH he was talking about? oh wait, we do! lol. now, for a lesson in gearing:
if the number of the gear is NUMERICALLY higher, that means you have shorter gears. shorter gears mean you get more RPMs of the wheels to every turn of the driveshaft. more turns per rev = more power. if you've ever ridden a bike with more than one speed, you know this. so, assuming that the gearing and everything else AHEAD of the differential gears are exactly the same the car with the higher gears should HYPOTHETICALLY be faster, to a point. so why don't all cars use some astronomically high number gears? well, for starters, unless your car has as many speeds as a Schwinn bike, you're gonna run to the top end pretty fast with numerically higher gears. you'd kick ass all the way to 50, but then you'd be banging off the redline in top gear. get it? so, there has to be a compromise. also, since almost all of us here row our own gears at this point, could you imagine having to shift through your entire gate just to get down an 1/8th mile track? you'd lose from all the time lost shifting.
hope that makes sense. i've said my piece.
Mike
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