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      09-05-2012, 03:08 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Ilia@IND
We used 4th and 3rd gear, but found that the runs in 3rd gear were substantially more consistent. 4th gear runs would result in ~15 horsepower deltas between runs as well as noticeably different power curves and areas under the curve, while 3rd gear runs remained very consistent throughout.
Maybe because the longer pull created more heat soak.
5th gear is 1:1.
Even with the longer pull we made more power in 5th.
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