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Old 02-12-2010, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by La Tu Papi
The use of less gearing will hurt MPH in a big cam setup. Remember you want to be in your peak power band when crossing the traps. 342s wont allow this with any combo and being its a truck its going to hurt him off line. Trucks are heavy they need gearing to get them moving
and then thers people like skeet gaining mph going from a 4.10 to a 4.56
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Originally Posted by TXsilverado
and then thers people like skeet gaining mph going from a 4.10 to a 4.56

thats justproof he needed to cut that thing loose a little the gear really helps it stay in the power better the last half of the track IMO.
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i would love to see a log of what rpm his shifts are dropping back to from 6900...our setups are pretty simular. he has more cubes, but my cam is just a hair more aggressive.
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I've never watched but theyre not falling a whole lot. you can hear just the thing change pitch in the videos. I probably should have by now but I've never seen a log myself.
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Just get a triple disk and play with the lockup at the track. That will be your real answer.
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I supose it will be
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