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Lower & Closer is certainly not a panacea to all situations, it just makes the probability of being closer to the ratio you want for the widest possible range of situations. It would be wonderful to regear for the optimum setup at each track(or street situation), but that ain't gonna happen for us mortals.
6 choices spread over 165mph range will always be closer to optimal than 6 spread over 185mph range. The worst thing about lower gearing is the danger of being too low in first and sixth. Too low first makes the gear unusable except to get rolling(think truck low range gearing), too low in 6 makes the cruising revs too high for those of us w/ dual use cars.
The second worst thing is the danger of having drops w/ inappropriate spacing.
My favorite saying "It's all a compromise"
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