Why don't you re-read my statement since you obviously either misunderstood or completely missed the point I was making? Did you miss this part: "if you want the most performance benefit"? The situation as you described indicates that you are looking for a balance between performance and "streetability". By striving for such a balance, you are not looking for maximum performance. What you are looking for is called a compromise. I suppose I should not expect anything else from someone who spends most of his time here talking down to people and "one-upping" their accomplishments and experiences.
EVERYBODY DUCK!!!!!! Jamie will be home from school around 10:45 EST. Seriously, Jamie has been working on how things come across for the last couple of weeks. Jamie, let cooler heads prevail. OK, Buddy?
10:45 AM??? I had a schedule like that my senior year, but I couldn't leave campus. I just repaired surfboards and made skimboards in the wood shop for the rest of the day. All my teachers told me that if I finished all my work and proved that I was able to learn the material, then I could do whatever I wanted during their classes, I just had to check in so they wouldn't count me absent.
I ran 4.62's for years on the street, then I switched to the 9" with 4.56's. Then I switched to 4.00 gears last year, I didn't notice any increase or decrease in ET from running the other gears. I did notice a decrease in 60' times however!!
Richmond used to have what they called a 4 + 1 and a 5+1 transmission. This was basically 4 or 5 close ratio gears and once VERY tall over drive gear. The other way they would go is 4 or 5 very deep gears and a normal .7 over drive so you didn't thin your rear end teeth out too much. This just meant that the tranny teeth started to get thin. In any event. This is how you have your cake and eat it too. Just be prepared for the 2-4-5 or 1-3-5 shifts for normal driving. You'll wear your arm out trying to hit every gear. Anyway.... http://www.richmondgear.com/01sixspeed.html
