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69bossnine said:
My pop's Ford GT is 2.61 to 1 ratio IN FIRST GEAR...

1st 64 mph
2nd 96 mph
3rd 133 mph
4th 172 mph
5th 214 mph
6th 259 mph

Kinda sick, huh?? Of course, these are purely mathmatical figures, we all know that the car succumbs to the forces of nature (wind) at bit over 210.


I'm not calling BS, but I am calling "Poor Gearing". Seems that Ford took a page from the Corvette playbook where 6th gear is only a tack-on item for fuel mileage. The car would offer better performance if it could reach terminal velocity (~210mph) at its power peak (rpm) in top gear (6th). Then the ratios could be lowered and made closer together, offering significantly better acceleration...