veritas wrote:
> Daryl Walford wrote:
>> I went to a car show (http://showandrally.com.au/)
at Bacchus Marsh
>> this morning, lots of nice cars including 3 GT40's, I recognized one
>> of the GT40 owners as a Clubman owner so I asked if I could sit in his
>> car and he said yes:-)
>> He also offered me a drive which wasn't possible in the middle of a
>> car show so he said next time I see him he will let me drive it:-)
>> Bastard of a thing to get into but comfortable when you do, don't know
>> how a tall person could get in it though, I'm 5'6" and my head was
>> touching the roof.
>> Apparently its getting a major brake upgrade soon as he has trouble
>> stopping quickly from 250kph on the race track.
>> On the track he doesn't use 6th (Audi box) because he can do over
>> 250kph in 5th:-)
>
>
> Just disconnecting to head off into another direction for the moment:
>
> Picking up on your 5th gear (and not needing 6th) comment: I know FA
> about the subject car, so having declared that, I believe that there
> have been a number of cars, over the course of history, that will reach
> a higher speed in it's penultimate gear rather than in it's ultimate
> (top) gear. I understand how and why - but rather odd, never-the-less.
>
Quite possible, I'd imagine 6th would be more for cruising, if it did
wind out in 6th it would be at +300kph and you would need a lot of road
to get there and stop, most race tracks don't have long enough straights
to get up to 300kph without fitting a big horsepower race engine which
wouldn't be much good in a road registered car.
Daryl
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