i just bought a 2001 M6 Camaro and i raced about 6 cars
this thing that i'll talk about happened everytime


i was racing a vette i was 1 car lenght behind then in 3rd and 4th i start closing up until the end of the the 4th when i was exactly next to him speed shift into 5th and he started pulling away the final result was about 1.5 cars between me and him the same thing with a M5 BMW the same with a ramair trans am???!!!!1 what is the reason ??is this normal? by the way my car is 99% stock i have only a lid and a filter.



thanks you guys

 

i dont think i've ever shifted to 5th in a race. do you have stock gears? how fast were you going?

 

at the end of the race when he was about a car and a half ahead i was going 150 like the speedometer was reading :S

 

4th is 1:1, 5th is .074 (i think), and sixth is .050

5th and 6th are both over drives, there not meant to be huge power gears.

 

Thanks JRP that is very helpful

 

I always race till 4th gear. By that time the car next to me is seeing my tail lights anyway.

 

putting your engine under high loads, racing, in 5th or 6th aint the best idea in the world either

 

Werd

 

Corvettes (at least C5s) have the same 5th gear as us. Maybe his better aero at higher speeds allowed him to keep pulling?

Dope

 

LoL, racing to 150 - soon to one less fbody on the road =p

 

Seriously, stock gearing tops fourth out around 130, thats plenty fast enough for a race to be decided.

5th is a weaker gear physically too. I wouldn't do too many powershifts into 5th.

 

Racing on public roads at that speeds isn't very smart...

Get shorter gears (like 4.10s) and then you'll be kicking most cars enough by 90-100 mph that you won't have to go higher than that.

If I want to go faster, I just wait to kick the crap outta cars at the drag strip... ain't worth the consequences on the street.

 

I've never used 5th during a race on the street or at the track.

 

3 is key

 

5th pulls pretty hard for me as well, hard enough to hook up most of what I see everyday,

 

AMEN!