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Originally Posted by BRUTAL64
Just for shits.  WEIGHT can limit the rpms the engine is able to turn. 
What ever could be MORE important than Motorgen??????????  |
Absolutely.
My implicit assumption was that given our power to weight ratio, the engine would have sufficient power to rapidly reach redline given either a 3.55 or 3.73 axle. I was isolating a single variable in the system. There is basically no cost difference with either axle, but there plausibly could be a few mph and/or couple tenths penalty one way or the other. My hypothesis would be that with the power to weight we're likely to have, the "slightly" taller rear axle, would result in faster ET and Trap in the 1/4. However, it is possible that while the top potential speed is lower with the shorter gear, it may reach that top speed faster enough to result in a faster ET.
To model this properly we'd be changing from simple arithmetic to real math. I'm looking for accumulated experience.
Anyway, this is getting to the kinda splitting hair territory, but I enjoy that, so you have to endure it.
