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Reply to "How do you make it rain in California?... buy a speedster."

Didn't see what you'd written before my last post, Anthony. I agree with you; a 4.12 r&p with stock 1st, 2.25 2nd, and 1.70 3rd would be a blast on the street! With those gears and a 2 liter (or larger), once the word got out all the ricers in town would fear you. You are right though; this is not the kind of performance your typical Speedster owner is looking for (I believe we've had this discussion before), and most would be happy with a stock mainshaft (and it's much lower cost), allowing more leeway with the 2-3, 3-4 and 4-5 spacing.

Any r&p or gear ratio will work in the mountains (or anywhere else) Stan, as long as the spacing keeps getting smaller with every upshift. And yeah, the stock mainshaft, 1.48 3rd, 1.12 4th and .93 5th with the 3.44 would give a reasonably longer 1st, great spacing from 2nd to 5th and the cruising speeds you're looking for. Call Berg. Get the parts and put them away. It will be next winter's project. You'll be ripping across the continent like there's no tomorrow.

Glad to hear the Total Seal rings work, Bruce. And you're getting away with the wider 3-4 spacing because the later 1.26 (vs earler 1.31) is just that little bit closer to 4th, and you've adjusted and are willing to work around it. Just think of what you could do if there was an extra gear, though...

Enjoy the Winternationals! Never seen a meet that big. It just dawned on me- you would have been there when the VW's were scoring big in the sub compact and gasser classes during the '70's. You lucky dog! I'm jealous now...

Last edited by ALB
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