You might finish in 4th sure but with steeper gears you’ll have to shift again and in the case of a 6r, which doesn’t have a 1:1, you’d be going into overdrive. And 7th is 1:1. And we’re not talking about the 10r80 anyway.
With a 1.14:1 4th gear, a 6800rpm redline, and a 28" tire, the car would have to exceed a 121mph trap speed to need to shift into 5th gear. Bump the shift point to 7000rpms and that V6 will be at 125mph! If he's trapping 125+ with a v6, he is doing pretty well.
And what you’re neglecting to take into account are the transmission ratios.
Nope, I accounted for that shit
Look at the foxes with a t5 and 2.73s. It was a slouch so 4.10s made a huge difference. But we’re not talking about those cars. We’re talking about a dohc v6 with variable valve timing to optimize power across the board and can rev out further than the older pushrod.
Bottom line is that it is still 280 lb-ft in a 3600lb car. But go ahead, ramble away...
First gear is numerically higher to get it off the line quicker and the numerically lower rear gears with close 3-4 allow you to stay in the power band for longer and can top out higher.
The idea of any drag race is to stay in the powerband the entire time so how does a 6R80 magically change that?
If first gear was numerically lower than it is I would agree with you.
Irrelevant, the car doesn't care what the numbers of first gear are, it cares how much force is being applied to make it accelerate, the more the better.
I’d like to see where the 11+ v6’s gain a lot of a gear swap. I’ve never seen that personally.
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