Saturday Night Racer - gearing for bako or vv

JOHNSON_22c LMR Senior Offline ready to have fun in 10 Posts: 305 bakersfield,california	gearing for bako or vv 12/10/10 at 2:42pm what gear would u run in a sport mod at bako or vv with a muncie trans
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rickshawII LMR God Offline The RickshawII Posts: 1166 china lake ca	Re: gearing for bako or vv Reply #1 - 12/10/10 at 3:38pm most would say 5.83 is the best starting point. but it all depends on the motor combination. i was up to a 6.20 and never broke 7000rpm. i know other guys running 7500rpm on a 5.67. at least they claim!
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Andrew LMR God Offline 2006 SMS M.S. champion... more of a PB these days Posts: 1359 Camarillo	Re: gearing for bako or vv Reply #2 - 12/11/10 at 9:04am If you're running a ton of hp, you'd be looking at a taller gear. I never had a lot of hp. Probably in the 400-450 range. I ran 6.00's and could go to any track without breaking 7000rpm. It's tire spin that'll kill you. The trans doesn't matter. They're all 1:1 in go gear.
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fwmod01 LMR Rookie Offline Dirt Late Models Rule! Posts: 45 socal	Re: gearing for bako or vv Reply #3 - 12/11/10 at 11:59am huh 620 and never hit 7000 something wrongs with the motor combo or THE DRIVERS SCARED TO PUSH ON THE THROTTLE
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rickshawII LMR God Offline The RickshawII Posts: 1166 china lake ca	Re: gearing for bako or vv Reply #4 - 12/11/10 at 12:38pm yep, scared! its true. i dont have much motor. but enough to win the championship! we are gonna take the same combo to bako and see how it works!
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Reply #5 - 12/11/10 at 6:10pm

talking about what gear to run, at Bakersfield it always go's of the motor that you are running, and what kind of power your making, at the start of the season in winter time when the track is fast and hooked up we run a 567 or 583 with a 383 or 406 and turn around 8000 and in the summer when the track get slick and slows down we run a 600 and sometimes 620 and turn the same rpm's but thats changing this year with the new rule that we have to run a 7800 chip its going to change our package a little, we will still start with a 583 and see how it go's

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Reply #6 - 12/11/10 at 6:16pm

scott_pounds wrote on 12/11/10 at 6:10pm:

talking about what gear to run it always go's of the motor that you are running, at the winter time when we have a fast track we run a 583 with a 383 or 406 and turn around 8000 and in the summer when the track get slick and slows down we run a 600 and sometimes 620 and turn the same rpm's but thats changing this year with the new rule that we have to run a 7800 chip its going to change our package a little, we will still start with a 583 and see how it go's

scott, how much difference do you think a 360 limit and a 500 cfm 2bbl on gas would make gear wise, compared to your current packages?

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scott_pounds LMR Rookie Offline Posts: 16	Re: gearing for bako or vv Reply #7 - 12/11/10 at 7:50pm I would try a 567 to start with, when we run a small CI motor we run a 620 gear, with a motor that make's around 550 hp, I think that a 567 would be a good starting point, do you no if there is a rpm chip rule for the sport mods, with the motor rule and a 2 bbl carb you'll turn around 6700 with a 567.
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rickshawII LMR God Offline The RickshawII Posts: 1166 china lake ca	Re: gearing for bako or vv Reply #8 - 12/12/10 at 8:15am no chip rule yet. but that might be a good idea. lets see how it goes in imca. thanks for the opinion.
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