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Originally Posted by RadarRider
Here's a question I'm too afraid to ask my instructor because it sounds stupid, but here goes; Say you had a 9spd. You know how you can drop 2 or 3 gears when slowing down, right? Like if you were doing 55mph in 9th & you slow down to 30, you can drop to 6th. Is it possible, say if you were doing 55 in 9th & dropped down to 25mph, can you drop your splitter, shift into neutral, & throw it into 5th?  |
it depends on the gear ratios in the trans/rear end, in my autocars i can go from 9th to 5th if i lug the motor to about 500 RPM in 9th and then rev it to about 2800 RPM and i can go into 5th. on my freightliner i can only downshift 3 gear as the ratios a farther apart (OTR truck) compared to my autocars where i can drop 4 gears because the ratios are closer (onsite truck)