Sixth Gear
Originally Posted by RedSuperSport
Has any one pinned thier sixth gear and if so how fast were you going?
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You will not pull in 6th gear. As mentioned previously, 5th gear is the top end gear.
I'm not too sure about my Cobra though. 5th gets wound out real quick. I've never gone
to 6th, which is probably a good thing. All that load on the motor (from boost) is not
a good thing.
I'm not too sure about my Cobra though. 5th gets wound out real quick. I've never gone
to 6th, which is probably a good thing. All that load on the motor (from boost) is not
a good thing.
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Originally Posted by BlackMagicC5
I heard you can totally **** up your transmission trying to run 6th too long.
Originally Posted by NVigR8
Well that sounds pretty retarded since it's designed to be used for cruising for long distances for economy.
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A friend and I were jsut cruising around and started doing 6th gear rolls for the hell of it. With our 3.42's we could get up to about 115 the we let off. I have no idea how much faster we would have gotten but I don't think we would have gotten much faster.
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<2700rpm @ 70 with a .68 OD
Anyways, no, it wont "**** up the transmission" But it is really not good for the motor,could lead to excessive oil consumption, increased bearing ware, etc. etc., basically, you are lugging the hell out of it. However, if you had a BEAST of a motor, it might kill 6th gear, who knows? I am not sure how strong of a gear 6th is (some gears in a tranny are stronger than others due to the shafts/gear locations physically. For instance, on a T5, 3rd is the weak spot.).
<2700rpm @ 70
with a .68 ODAnyways, no, it wont "**** up the transmission" But it is really not good for the motor,could lead to excessive oil consumption, increased bearing ware, etc. etc., basically, you are lugging the hell out of it. However, if you had a BEAST of a motor, it might kill 6th gear, who knows? I am not sure how strong of a gear 6th is (some gears in a tranny are stronger than others due to the shafts/gear locations physically. For instance, on a T5, 3rd is the weak spot.).
I think J-rod put 4.10's in his car, said it was useable.
Never got the chance to MAX out 5th but, I was still about a thousand rpm from MY redline, and I was about 187ish.
J
Never got the chance to MAX out 5th but, I was still about a thousand rpm from MY redline, and I was about 187ish.
J
Originally Posted by NVigR8
Well that sounds pretty retarded since it's designed to be used for cruising for long distances for economy.
Any idiot knows cruising at highway speeds is perfectly fine. The whole point of the thread was pulling 6th gear to top speed, not cruising down the interstate at 60mph and 1200rpm. Read the goddamn thread before calling my thoughts retarded, jackass.
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<2700rpm @ 70 with a .68 OD
Anyways, no, it wont "**** up the transmission" But it is really not good for the motor,could lead to excessive oil consumption, increased bearing ware, etc. etc., basically, you are lugging the hell out of it. However, if you had a BEAST of a motor, it might kill 6th gear, who knows? I am not sure how strong of a gear 6th is (some gears in a tranny are stronger than others due to the shafts/gear locations physically. For instance, on a T5, 3rd is the weak spot.).
<2700rpm @ 70
with a .68 ODAnyways, no, it wont "**** up the transmission" But it is really not good for the motor,could lead to excessive oil consumption, increased bearing ware, etc. etc., basically, you are lugging the hell out of it. However, if you had a BEAST of a motor, it might kill 6th gear, who knows? I am not sure how strong of a gear 6th is (some gears in a tranny are stronger than others due to the shafts/gear locations physically. For instance, on a T5, 3rd is the weak spot.).
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Originally Posted by Steve Gunn