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Originally Posted by jayeff
Narrow power bands.
F1 cars usually have 6 or 7 speeds and they need that many because their torque doesn't really kick in until not far short of the 19,000 or so rpm the engines max out at. So if the engine isn't kept spinning fast, they wouldn't be capable of the acceleration they need.
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Yep, Honda is running at about 19,500 RPM - even tho they are extreemly light engines it still has a high power curve and you'll slow down if you only had 4 or 5 gears to choose from to come out of the corner.
Again, i don't know what the final drive ration of the stang is, or what the top RPM, but i'm sure those gear will help it get out of it's way when pushing its self out of a corner.
worst case, you'll get great gas milage if you can keep it under 50 and in 6th gear.