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Originally Posted by seriousm3
Another good component of the concept of high rpm/short gearing concept is the 7 speed SMG/DCT boxes... especially in the m5/m6 which allows them despite their weight to compete acceleration wise with lighter cars with similar hp numbers. (may be different for DCT because IIRC it uses different final drive then manual)
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That kind of partially holds. You don't raise the redline of the engine by changing the gearing. In other words, you can't change the peak power it produces. So benefits of chaning the gearing on a given engine are limited as we discussed in detail in the swapping LSDs thread. See post #47 in this thread:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...+torque&page=3