Gear help!

don hoener · 11/13/12, 10:58 PM

Quarter Midget gear help. New to this so at our regular track I-70 QMA everyone runs a 34 motor 27-31 axle, We are going to race the Turkey Gobbler in huntsville. I have talked to a couple of people there. The track looks similar but i have been told they run a 37 motor 27 axle and another said they run a 37motor 37 axle.

What happens to rpm when you go up with the motor gear?

scott bradley1x · 11/13/12, 11:07 PM

(Engine)Drive gear, bigger lower Rpms
(axle)Driven gear, bigger higher Rpms

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DAD · 11/14/12, 10:59 AM

Go on down there and race, don't change gears until you get there. We raced there many times back in the 60's with the big old 12" recaps and ran like a 14/27 what we called a 1 under gear.

The longer you race the easier the gear thing gets, and all those other little go fast things.

Best I can remember the people down there are super nice, they arranged tours of all the space stuff and we just had a ball.

Go race and have fun, find somebody who is really hooked up and ask them some questions, more than 1/2 of them will tell you right, those that are really fast don't see this as secret info.

Honest Dad himself

Tom23 · 11/14/12, 7:14 PM

don't sweat the gear, go have fun. The tracks are different, the weather is different, you will be racing against unfamiliar people etc. These are all good things because you will have to go outside of your normal setup, and that is how you learn and get better. That event is one of the most fun we ever attended. The people there were just awesome, eating Thanksgiving dinner at the racetrack was one of the most off the wall fun things we ever did. When we were there you got a full day of practice, I did something I had never done before, I ran full tank of gas through a honda trying to figure out a set up.(never did get it right). It didn't matter though we still had a great time, and my sons and I still occasionally talk about it. Start with your normal deal and work from there.

DAD · 11/26/12, 9:50 AM

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Originally Posted by don hoener

Quarter Midget gear help. New to this so at our regular track I-70 QMA everyone runs a 34 motor 27-31 axle, We are going to race the Turkey Gobbler in huntsville. I have talked to a couple of people there. The track looks similar but i have been told they run a 37 motor 27 axle and another said they run a 37motor 37 axle.

What happens to rpm when you go up with the motor gear?

Did you get to Huntsville?

Honest Dad himself

11/13/12, 10:58 PM	#1 Gear help!
don hoener Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 35	Quarter Midget gear help. New to this so at our regular track I-70 QMA everyone runs a 34 motor 27-31 axle, We are going to race the Turkey Gobbler in huntsville. I have talked to a couple of people there. The track looks similar but i have been told they run a 37 motor 27 axle and another said they run a 37motor 37 axle. What happens to rpm when you go up with the motor gear?

11/13/12, 11:07 PM	#2
scott bradley1x Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 109	(Engine)Drive gear, bigger lower Rpms (axle)Driven gear, bigger higher Rpms Posted via Mobile Device

11/14/12, 10:59 AM	#3 Re: Gear help!
DAD Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5,957	Go on down there and race, don't change gears until you get there. We raced there many times back in the 60's with the big old 12" recaps and ran like a 14/27 what we called a 1 under gear. The longer you race the easier the gear thing gets, and all those other little go fast things. Best I can remember the people down there are super nice, they arranged tours of all the space stuff and we just had a ball. Go race and have fun, find somebody who is really hooked up and ask them some questions, more than 1/2 of them will tell you right, those that are really fast don't see this as secret info. Honest Dad himself

11/14/12, 7:14 PM	#4 Re: Gear help!
Tom23 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 500	don't sweat the gear, go have fun. The tracks are different, the weather is different, you will be racing against unfamiliar people etc. These are all good things because you will have to go outside of your normal setup, and that is how you learn and get better. That event is one of the most fun we ever attended. The people there were just awesome, eating Thanksgiving dinner at the racetrack was one of the most off the wall fun things we ever did. When we were there you got a full day of practice, I did something I had never done before, I ran full tank of gas through a honda trying to figure out a set up.(never did get it right). It didn't matter though we still had a great time, and my sons and I still occasionally talk about it. Start with your normal deal and work from there.