# Is 5.14 too steep??

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [February 18, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-5-14-too-steep/24739 "2007-02-18T13:03:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-5-14-too-steep/24739/11 "2007-04-14T20:26:36Z")

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I nearly run out of gear in the 1/4 mile with 373 gears guys.

If you do any high speed driving, I would say no to such a steep gear.

Wouldn’t you be out of gear at like 80 mph with 5.14 gear ratio?

I have no idea what the engine revs to, but I know such a steep gear would be terrible in my car.

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