Mike N said:
Post #86 you state you're running a 20 x 10.5 drag radial. Post #91 you mention 20" drag radial again. The way you typed the tire size led me to believe the overall diameter if the rear tire was 20", which would be ridiculously short.... thus the third gear by the end of the driveway comment. I remember what my El Camino was like with 4.56 gears and a 26" (diameter) tire..... first gear was useless, 65 mph was nearly 4000 rpm.
Oh yeah, better check your tach or unstick your zero key.... 25000 rpm?? Your pistons would have swapped holes long before you revved that high.
Sorry my phone likes the longer # for whatever reason, I'm running 20" wheels with maybe 1-1/4" profile tire, can't remember the exact # off the top of my head.
10-1/2" was the width, and again the difference from the stock 17" wheels and the upgraded 20x10-1/2" with tires were almost virtually the same minus about 1/4" just more wheel & less tire as opposed to more tire & less wheel.
The stock gear & tire value changes are programmed through the tuner so the car compensates for the change and very little is effected in RPM's etc.
Why again are we scrutinizing my vehicle again?
I think it's great that you guys are really into your careers or passions for automobiles and want so badly to get into the technicalities of my modification choices. However I am not a mechanic I simply like going fast. I honestly think if you and Angus went back and forth over each other's vehicles, you'd have a much better discussion, I am more than ecstatic with the results of my mechanics decisions and how the car has handled them, and drives as a result the car runs phenomenally well and turned out exactly how I wanted it to turn out.
I'm not sure if this is all just a way for you guys to have a reason to talk about your own cars, or to share your Vast amounts of mechanical knowledge with the group and my car is the channel being taken to get there, but think that's completely unnecessary being that this is a thread about your car and why you drive it.
If that wasn't excuse enough to discuss your car and why you choose to drive it IDK what is.
I'm not a car specialist, a mechanic, a speed shop specialist, a automotive tech, or anything remotely close.
I before my lay off I was in construction management (Superintendent), done a lot of sales management, currently have a small business dealing with titles & Liens.
I can talk that stuff with you all day long, but discussions about the technical workings of automobiles is not my thing.
I was simply sharing my car type and the mods done and why I think it is fun to drive.
I was told that my thought process was "silly" and I responded to that because I didn't see the logic in Angus's reasoning and honestly still don't.
The car started stock at a certain power level.
A few mods later and it is noticeably faster, launches much faster and harder, shifts much shorter and much smoother, all while still maintaining its original drivability.
If somewhere in that mix something is bad I'm failing to see it. I've seen nothing but much much better performance.
Now, can we PLEASE just go back to talking about, and appreciating our own vehicles?
I'm definitely not into the whole back and forth about who's car is better/faster/cooler or who's exhaust has the best "Tone" for metal
You two seem to be much more into that than me which is why I think you two should be having this conversation.
PS: this is in response to the entire conversation not one or the other or a particular comment.
And if I'm in anyway coming off rude/short or seem to jus be an A-hole, that's not my intention and my apologies if that is or was the case.
If I'm short in any way it's because I'm here with my 3 yr old and every 22-1/2 seconds I hear daddy-daddy-daddy-daddy so I'm trying to rush through typing this on my phone so I can get back to her.
Okay sorry to be so long winded.
