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Old 03-04-2010, 02:50 PM   #460
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Originally Posted by Dragoneye View Post
To be fair...the Corvette is the slipperiest car they build short of the Volt, and it's geared REAL low thanks to the available torque in such a light car. 2.73, iirc...
It does have less drag, but the engine torque and gearing is precisely what I'm talking about. The engine has enough torque that it can have that gearing. Put those ratio's into an S2000 and it becomes a slug.
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