Re: Rear Gears

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2009/1/19 21:38:35

A light car with a big high torque engine can spin the higher gear. The same car with a smaller engine can't. Likewise, the same engine in a heavy car has no power to spare and needs the help of lower gearing.

The Clipper Deluxe would have more relaxed high speed cruising and a tad better mileage thanks to the higher gearing.

It's really a matter of weight and how much power you have to move it. I bet you find the standard Clipper and the heavy models have about the same power to weight ratio while the Clipper Deluxe has more horsepower and more torque per pound of weight.