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Originally Posted by steeleshark2
I guess the 3.31 allows them to hook better. Once moving, I found that the 3.73 version keeps up a bit better. Interesting to know though.
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Once the car is moving and you are in the powerband, if really makes no difference what gears you have. In fact, shorter gears actually rob more power on the top end, sometimes as much as 20WHP.
The shorter gears just help the car get off the line more quickly and into the engine's powerband.
Horsepower is the only thing that matters. For example, if the car is making 380WHP at its peak, its not going to accelerate any faster with 3.73 gears than it would with 3.31 gears. Acceleration is a function of horsepower, the shorter gears will make the RPM's climb faster, but the speed of the vehicle will rise at the same rate. So you just end up shifting more overall, with no real benefit.