[Monchy36]

Interesting! ok! Is obvious that less weight is better and more air flow more power,I know that better suspension better handle, but changing bushings, gears & coils how improve in the track? It's a straight line...

[PoorMansCamaro]

GAME ON

[Monchy36]

Originally Posted by Dtrimpi87

"Horsepower" was termed by James Watt. He used horses for coal mining and needed to put a number on the animals output. He figured out a pony could be used to move the equivalent of 22k pounds of coal an hour and a horse could move 50% more and 33k lbs an hour.

The term horsepower is subjective. It really means nothing just like every other scale of measurement that was ever invented.

Now I know...

[Dtrimpi87]

Originally Posted by Monchy36

Interesting! ok! Is obvious that less weight is better and more air flow more power,I know that better suspension better handle, but changing bushings, gears & coils how improve in the track? It's a straight line...

Its all how the power gets put to the ground. The object is to get as much power as you can from the engine, to the ground. Every moving part between the engine and the ground causes a loss of horsepower. Thats why you have less.power at the rear wheels than what the engine actually makes. A light weight drive shaft for example, reduces the amount of horsepower needed to turn that driveshaft, which results in more power being transferred to the rear wheels. Changing bushings to firmer materials gets rid of the excess play in the bushings helping to get more power down to the ground. Same with suspension.

Gears are a little different. Low gears, 2.70's for example, is a low gearing and is more high speed, for highway cruising and economy. 3.90's is a higher gear which will help you accelerate faster but you won't have as high of a top speed. Gears can be confusing because you need to take the gearing of the transmission into consideration when picking rear end gears.

[menendez1293]

Originally Posted by Monchy36

Interesting! ok! Is obvious that less weight is better and more air flow more power,I know that better suspension better handle, but changing bushings, gears & coils how improve in the track? It's a straight line...

Well coil overs are more of an improvement for a auto cross types of events. With that being said they do make drag coil overs for better traction and also just about any coil over will give lower weight no matter if its for drag or a auto cross event.

[menendez1293]

Originally Posted by Dtrimpi87

Its all how the power gets put to the ground. The object is to get as much power as you can from the engine, to the ground. Every moving part between the engine and the ground causes a loss of horsepower. Thats why you have less.power at the rear wheels than what the engine actually makes. A light weight drive shaft for example, reduces the amount of horsepower needed to turn that driveshaft, which results in more power being transferred to the rear wheels. Changing bushings to firmer materials gets rid of the excess play in the bushings helping to get more power down to the ground. Same with suspension.

Gears are a little different. Low gears, 2.70's for example, is a low gearing and is more high speed, for highway cruising and economy. 3.90's is a higher gear which will help you accelerate faster but you won't have as high of a top speed. Gears can be confusing because you need to take the gearing of the transmission into consideration when picking rear end gears.

You got that backwards. A 2.70 is a higher gear ratio since its lower numerically and a 3.90 is a lower gear ratio since its higher numerically. Other than that all the other info is correct.

[Dtrimpi87]

Originally Posted by menendez1293

You got that backwards. A 2.70 is a higher gear ratio since its lower numerically and a 3.90 is a lower gear ratio since its higher numerically. Other than that all the other info is correct.

Yes your right. Stupid stupid stupid lol had too much going on in my head. I have a hard time trying to explain technical stuff through text. I'm surprised any of it actually came out making any sense.

[menendez1293]

Originally Posted by Dtrimpi87

Yes your right. Stupid stupid stupid lol had too much going on in my head. I have a hard time trying to explain technical stuff through text. I'm surprised any of it actually came out making any sense.

Don't worry gears are by far one of the most complicated things to get right in upgrading a car because there is so much to consider when doing the change. And all of it is a math based equations to get a final drive ratio. You really have to consider what you want your end result to be when doing gears.

[PoorMansCamaro]

Originally Posted by Monchy36

Now I know...

[menendez1293]

Originally Posted by PoorMansCamaro

GAME ON

You had to let them bash my head in didn't you

[PoorMansCamaro]

Originally Posted by menendez1293

You had to let them bash my head in didn't you

[kjkjr27]

Originally Posted by menendez1293

You had to let them bash my head in didn't you

lol

[menendez1293]

Originally Posted by PoorMansCamaro

Originally Posted by kjkjr27

lol

Ehh. I'm not in the game anymore I don't have to follow the rules. I do what i want!

[Monchy36]

Let's take a break! Let me entertain you with a inspiration poem!