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Originally Posted by Racer26
If its 6" wheels, with the 10.71:1 ratio configuration, JVN's calculator drops out 10.51fps as the max speed.
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Looking at the blog again, I see that they're calling that an "estimated final drive speed," so I shouldn't have been looking at maximum theoretical speeds.
As an extra piece of information, last year they said this about the 2013 kit drive:
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The 2013 gearbox is a ToughBox Mini with 10.71:1 reduction. The estimated final drive speed is about 10 feet per second.
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That drive had a 42:39 timing belt reduction, so the ratio was 11.53:1. If they used the 0.81 factor last year, they'd get around 9.75 ft/s, which they might have rounded up to 10 ft/s. Based on that I'd agree that they're very likely doing 6" wheels with 10.71:1 gearboxes. If not, they're estimating the speed differently this year.