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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ess530i" data-source="post: 317583" data-attributes="member: 13496"><p>although true that the top speed will be reduced in most scenarios, i was wondering if there are chances in some cases whereby top speed can be increased with a lower ratio differential. say a car with 6-speed and in stock form it will achieve its top speed of 250 at max rpm - peak HP (eg 7000rpm) on 5th gear. upon superchargin, it does 260 but at 6th gear 5000rpm but nowhere near its peak HP at 7000rpm. in this case, wouldn't increasing the diff ratio increase the rpm at 260 to say about 6000rpm where HP is higher therefore possible to push even higher top speed? just wonderin...</p></blockquote><p></p>