It's bad on the clutch, because now it will be like starting out in 2nd gear all the time.
Basically, the gears compensate for the size, and somewhat, the rolling resistance, (if you get lower gear like a 5.29 instead of a 4.88 with 35's) with a bit higher rev's.
Remember that hill you used to climb in 3rd? now it's going to be second... remember you're basically cutting off first gear...
I'd do it for alittle while then get gears... but wouldnt want to drive it like that forever.
Huh? Ok now you lost me.
Why would you cut off 1st? Aren't you basically making each gear "longer" so that you don't shift until a higher rate of speed than you were before? Shouldn't you lose the use of 5th?
E.g. at 5 mph, you were at 1500 RPM. Now you will be only 1200. 10 mph = 3000, you'd be about to shift... but now its 2400, not shifting yet.
What am I missing here?
Yes I see how this would make it take longer to get to a higher rate of speed (b/c you aren't in the higher RPMs as soon) - but many vehicles had 4 spd transmissions and seem OK, that's how my auto is now.
For example, W56 vs W56- 25% vs A340h:\
--------W56-----W56-25%--A340h
1st-----3.954---2.9655---2.8
2nd-----2.141---1.60575--1.53
3rd-----1.384---1.038----1
4th-----1-------0.75-----0.71
5th-----0.85----0.6375
Still overgeared compared to the auto tranny...
I guess I don't see why it matters if you're in 2nd gear instead of 3rd- IF the RPMs are in the same place, right?
My pointis that losing a WHOLE gear is better (maybe?) than losing 1/2 of one...?
