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Originally Posted by Gotian
thanks for the clarity, but just for reference, I was in 3rd and I believe at 70 he was in 4th. But im basing this off of my friend who has an STI and that they have similar gearing, I could be wrong though. But that thing moved, be beat me by 4+ cars, i stopped at 110 cause it was like no way i'm catching up.
Anyone with an evo care to clarify me if im wrong about the gearing/back me up if im right?
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I'm going to say he was probably was in 5th at 70mph judging by the results. When comparing the 5 speed and 6 speed it's more or less a wash from 1st through 4th gear. For simplicity's sake, think of 5th gear on the 5 speed as being replaced by 5th and 6th on the 6 speed. On my '05 VIII RS I'm doing about 3k RPM's at 70mph when in 5th. Any tuned Evo will make plenty of useable power at that RPM although peak torque is typically closer to 3.5k RPM's. Having spent some pretty decent time behind the wheel of an '04 RX-8, I'm guessing you ran up against a 5th gear pull in a tuned IX running a 3" TBE and an MBC. That's a solid mid 12 second car with 110mph traps FWIW. No shame in that.
