120 in first gear? Is this sort of thing possible? I've never heard of a manual going so fast in first gear. This guy swears he owned it and used to cruise around in second gear most of the time.
And I used to go 10 pin bowling >>> with a tosser who was adamant he would take the last 180° bend onto Calder's main straight at 180 kmh in his 9 second Falcon Ute.Funny thing is that whenever I said I'll meet you at the track/strip, he never showed up :N(.
I changed my diff to a 1:1 and 1 can do over 300 in first..... Just takes a little while to get there 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^ ^D^
you mean vertical speed off a cliff, yes?? Narh, i read in some magazine that a guy could do that. I have the mag somewhere upstairs but i can't be bothered finding it.100k's in first doesn't sound very healthy unless you happen to drive a V12 or McLaren F1
so I gather he's full of it then. I suspecte d as much but I don't know of any VB commodore forums to post this q on!
That's a fair bit, but not entirely unbelievable. Looking at the Holden parts bin, if I wanted to build a Commy that would do 120 kph in 1st, then I would head for the M21 gearbox which has a 2.54:1 first gear ratio, then sling a 2.6:1 diff ratio in it. After that, it's only engine revs and tyre diameter to play with. Assuming 215/65/15 tyres and a redline of 6,500 rpm, I think that falls out at about 120 kph.Did I win any money??
Yep, I'm with Dangerous.... It's doable but there's not much point unless your racing on a track with very long straights.