Originally posted by chevydrivin
As an example a 71 nova with 700hp, 6500rpm chip, 350 trans, 4.11 gear and 28 inch tire. At the quarter he is at 6500 rpm. People (that don't know) say he needs some 4.56 gears, but that would slow him from 132mph (or so) to around 119 mph. But i don't think it will be any faster would it?
MPH doesn't win a drag race, ET does. I try to gear mine so that its about 200 RPM over the peak torque and horsepower numbers. If the peaks are beginning to descend at 6300 RPM, no reason to run it to 7,000.