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Originally Posted by SteveR
The physicist thing doesnt make all that much sense to me. He's forgetting about how the transmission works. If the transmission shifts off vacuum, and the car was moving up an incline, and you suddenly put your foot to the floor, you can definitely get the car to shift at or close to redline in whatever gear you're in before it up shifts. And where was he getting those numbers from for the transmission gear ratio and final drive ratio? Benefit of the doubt? That makes NO sense.
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Numbers may not be on, but if you stomp on the gas in a Camry going 20mph in second gear it will not rev even close to that fast.
Here are the '09 Camry ratios:
http://www.vibratesoftware.com/html_...yota_Camry.htm