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      07-18-2011, 02:43 AM   #51
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Originally Posted by GreasyGinzo View Post
I love the internet debate about gearing that goes on on every forum for all makes of cars. For a street driven DD car that likes to weekend race, drag or RR or autox gears are great and you will enjoy them. You will get from light to light faster and your ET's will go down as well. Yes there is a point where your final drive can be too short and hurt you but we are talking about minor shortening of the gears. I find most people that bash gears have no expirence with shorter final drives.
I find that most supporters of FD modifications have absolutely ZERO evidence of any any performance gains. Substitution of an imagined improvement with the ever so inaccurate butt-dyno is typically accepted in place of any real numbers, measured crudely or accurately.

On top of that you are simply plain wrong. You won't get a better 1/4 ET from a FD mod in an M3. If there is any benefit it will likely be in the noise level, i.e. a tenth or so.
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