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Old 02-15-2015, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by lippy View Post
I have a big cam and my car idles at 1200 RPM to assure proper oiling for the solid lifters and valve train. I have a double disk clutch and a steel flywheel (I think it's a relatively light one). Parking lot and traffic driving are no problem at all.
How fast is your car going at 1,200 rpm in first?

Lot's of factors play into it. First gear ratio, final drive, etc. I intentionally went with a pretty short first for this reason. Forum consensus was it would be to low and useless, but didn't factor in the need to do parking lot speed on a street car.
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