Wrongwheeldrive's Budget Build

[wrongwheeldrive]

Great build and great read.
Might I suggest downshifting to 5th and accelerating opposed to leaving it in 6th gear and going WOT if you are in low RPMS- especially if modified and tuned.
High Gear + High Load puts a tremendous amount of stress on the engine and while not as much - the clutch. Especially in Boosted Cars.
I come from the DSM/Evo world and prior to that a Subbie (Lots of turbo'd cars...) and have seen and witnessed more than a few motors pop @ High Gear/High Load. i.e. 6th Gear WOT.
I'll end my rant ... again great read!

Good tip. Someone mentioned this to me a couple months ago and I've been conscious of it ever since! I imagine 6th WOT AT 50mph is quite a bit different than 6th WOT 80mph. Either way better safe than sorry. I'm pretty sure I read top speed in ours and quite a few other cars is achieved in 5th as opposed to 6th because 6th is a fuel economy gear and not really necessary.

 

[Brick]

[MENTION=780]wrongwheeldrive[/MENTION] damn, that's cool as hell. I googled "velocross" before asking, but obviously had the wrong word. I'm sure that type of racing is a blast. Now to youtube some videos haha.