[Neutrino]

well i could not access that link since my university's firewall has issues with it....i hate it services.....


anyway...a car's gearing should be designed to keep a car in its strongest part of the powerband......so a car wil a super short optimum power would benefit from shorter gearing....while a car(as a viper for example) with torque all over the place will not benefit as much from shorter gearing since you'll have to change gears way less....so i say the best setup is to make the gearing as long as alowed by the engine's optimal powerband......


just saying that FI and longer gearing are bad togheder is overgeneralising...it really depends on the type of engine....


another factor that should be taken in consideration is the type or racing you do....some circuits with many tight curves will ask for short gearing....while courses with long stretches will favor long gearing.......so overgeneralising is no good......