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t-dub1978

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25. LMP1

Reply to HooptieWagon (Reply #17)

Thu Jun 11, 2015, 02:06 PM

Jun 2015

You are forgetting they use 6speed transmissions on LMP cars and the past decade have been dominated by diesels with power coming from as low as 2500 rpm with a peak of round 6000-7000 rpm but to + to his answer ? NASCAR doesn't need more gears on ovals but they prove useful on the road courses which brings us to another ? SHOULD NASCAR RUN MORE ROAD COURSES ? personally I think they should but which races to cut from the season ? They have so many great tracks and they've already cut several great tracks from the schedule to accommodate new tracks I'd rather they expanded the number of races in the schedule

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Why do they still only have 4 speed transmissions in NASCAR? [View all] Electric Monk Mar 2012 OP

They don't need overdrive. Gold Metal Flake Mar 2012 #1

Don't need no more...... - and a cost issue Mopar151 Mar 2012 #2

They don't need a "cruise" gear Mopar151 Mar 2012 #3

F1 cars don't need a "cruise" gear either, but they have 7 speed transmissions Electric Monk Mar 2012 #4

True - but! Mopar151 Mar 2012 #5

Back to my original point. The street versions sell with 5 or 6 speed trannies, not 4. Electric Monk Mar 2012 #6

Your point was addressed in response #2. Gold Metal Flake Mar 2012 #7

When all your racing is done in circles, at comparatively steady speeds.... PavePusher Apr 2012 #8

Nascar has road races at most of it's professional levels Mopar151 Apr 2012 #10

Sorry, I forgot to make the tone more clear that I was indulging in mild ribbing. PavePusher Apr 2012 #13

There is a big secondary market for stock cars in road racing. Mopar151 Apr 2012 #16

No crazyrayray Jan 2013 #21

They are as "stock" as any part of the rest of the car, other than the hood and roof skin. Mopar151 Jan 2013 #24

Come on now, they only just this year admitted that fuel injection exists... truebrit71 Apr 2012 #9

Fuel injection is not unknown to NASCAR Mopar151 Apr 2012 #11

Aah yes...Lucas Electronics.... truebrit71 Apr 2012 #12

Dude, I feel your pain. Mopar151 Apr 2012 #15

Lucas electrics.... PavePusher Apr 2012 #14

The 3 position Lucas Switch; A HERETIC I AM May 2012 #19

Sprint cars and some modifieds have run mechanical FI for years. HooptieWagon Apr 2012 #18

Nascar V8s have a fairly broad torque range HooptieWagon Apr 2012 #17

LMP1 t-dub1978 Jun 2015 #25

$$'s spent wouldn't improve the product One_Life_To_Give Jun 2012 #20

NO crazyrayray Jan 2013 #22

What are you trying to say? Mopar151 Jan 2013 #23

Because that's the way they've always done it jmowreader Aug 2015 #26