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striderx88 11-02-2010 11:57 PM

best gear
 
hello do you guys know the best gear in automatic 370z, when i had my auto 335i my best gear is 3rd because it can go all the way up to 100ish

thanks

ImportConvert 11-03-2010 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by striderx88 (Post 793627)
hello do you guys know the best gear in automatic 370z, when i had my auto 335i my best gear is 3rd because it can go all the way up to 100ish

thanks

Man, I wonder about all this. In my WS6, I loved 3rd gear and everyone talked about "the 3rd gear pull". I don't think there is any truth to it, though. I pulled just the same in 2nd as 3rd and 4th when I ran people.

To answer your question, the best gear is the one that puts you in the meat of your horsepower curve and floor it. Shift at redline, wash-rinse-repeat.

spearfish25 11-03-2010 08:28 AM

Sometimes I wonder about you guys. Best gear? Really?

Best gear for starting from a stop is 1st.
Best gear for starting in snow is 2nd.
Best gear for cruising on the highway to enhance MGP is 6th.

There is no single best gear for any application. Come on now.

ClemsonWill 11-03-2010 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spearfish25 (Post 793880)
Sometimes I wonder about you guys. Best gear? Really?

Best gear for starting from a stop is 1st.
Best gear for starting in snow is 2nd.
Best gear for cruising on the highway to enhance MGP is 6th.

There is no single best gear for any application. Come on now.

:icon18:

steveg78 11-03-2010 08:39 AM

I like to launch hard in 1st and then jump to 6. Then once I start to pull away I shift to 3rd for cruising and showboating.

Diocletian 11-03-2010 09:00 AM

I start out in 27th gear


Yeah.

Punk86 11-03-2010 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diocletian (Post 793905)
I start out in 27th gear


Yeah.

Really? I thought my Z only went up to 19th.... Learn something new everyday...

Diocletian 11-03-2010 09:13 AM

Did you forget about the double clutch too?

ClemsonWill 11-03-2010 09:31 AM

Who needs gears. Get a CVT!

Mt Tam I am 11-03-2010 06:46 PM

Second gear gives me the most. I so rarely drive on the freeway, that sixth gear is a novelty for me. Five gears would be better for me but what the heck, six.

striderx88 11-04-2010 01:30 AM

i raced my friends 335i he pulled 3 cars on me both of our cars are stock

ImportConvert 11-04-2010 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by striderx88 (Post 795107)
i raced my friends 335i he pulled 3 cars on me both of our cars are stock

Ouch!
I would have thought you would pull it? I was killing Z4 ///M's (330bhp M3 motor version) with my WS6 and someone said that the WS6/LS1 F-body was = to the 370Z depending on the speed.

Never got a 335i to line-up with me. Did race a late-model M5 and after 3rd gear it just walked me.

*Did you race it in your 335i? I am confused...

Trips 11-04-2010 02:07 AM

Keep the Street Racing Posts out!
Forums Rules: don't allow such posts unless
1. Its on a private road
2. Its at the drag strip

Thank You.

ImportConvert 11-04-2010 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Triple's (Post 795127)
Keep the Street Racing Posts out!
Forums Rules: don't allow such posts unless
1. Its on a private road
2. Its at the drag strip

Thank You.

What I do on MY XBOX is MY business :tup:

Trips 11-04-2010 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spearfish25 (Post 793880)
Sometimes I wonder about you guys. Best gear? Really?

Best gear for starting from a stop is 1st.
Best gear for starting in snow is 2nd.
Best gear for cruising on the highway to enhance MGP is 6th.

There is no single best gear for any application. Come on now.

:iagree:


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