How fast can you drive in reverse – Dissecting THAT Paul Walker scene from 2Fast2Furious

Managing to get a car to drive that quickly in Reverse is some feat, especially seeing as Paul Walker supposedly overtaking highway vehicles while doing so in this video. We're gonna investigate how fast you can feasibly drive in Reverse and what Brian O'Connor needs to do to his car to get it to drive that quickly backwards.

The gears or more specifically the gear ratios play a crucial role in determining how fast a car can drive in reverse. A gear ratio is the ratio between the number of teeth on one gear versus the number of teeth on another gear that it is meshing with in a car's transmission. The gear ratio is defined as the number of teeth on the driven gear on the outer side of the gear box versus the number of teeth on the driving gear on the inside of the gear box. Let's take first gear in the Mitsubishi Evo 7 as an example, there are 14 teeth on the driving gear and 41 teeth on the driven gear, divide one by the other and you get a gear ratio of 2.9 to 8. That means for every two point 98 revolutions of the driving gear you get one revolution of the driven gear.

Once you go through the gears that gear ratio number begins to decrease, once you're in fifth gear in the Mitsubishi the gear ratio has become not 0.72 which means for every one rotation of the driving gear you only get naught point seven two rotations of the driven gear but that does allow you to get up some decent speed. So how'd you calculate how fast you can drive in each gear, well you need the gear ratio of the whole system, the circumference of the wheels and the engines Rev limit to find the gear ratio of the whole system we need to multiply the ratio of wherever gear we've selected by the final drive ratio but being the gearing within the differential to find the circumference of the wheel let's estimate that the Mitsubishi styro wheel combination amongst our around 22 inches multiply that by PI and you get a circumference, and the Mitsubishi's rev limit is around 8,000 rpm plug those numbers in and you can find out how fast you can drive in each gear.

So how fast could Paul Walker's evil feasibly drive in Reverse, well the reverse gear in the Evo 7 once you've messed about with an idler gear for Reverse has a gear ratio of three point four one six plug that number into our calculation and you get a top speed in Reverse of thirty five point five six miles per hour now considering he is keeping up with and then overtaking highway traffic shows that the film is trying to convince you these driving faster than that, in fact that ruled in South Florida for the film is beast as a speed limit of 65 miles per hour so let's see how he somehow manages to achieve seventh about an hour.

How could he reach that in Reverse well let's work backwards plug it's 70 miles an hour as the maximum speed and you can rearrange to find the gear ratio to reach that velocity, the result shows that the evo seven we need a reverse gear ratio of one point seven three five to reach that velocity having such a ratio for reverse gear is easier said than done however, the ratio for first and second gear is designed specifically for acceleration which makes it easier to pull away from a standstill.

Having a ratio of one point seven three five four reverse however we'd have it sitting somewhere between second and eeeh have you ever tried to pull away in third, I wouldn't recommend it. Doing a bit of digging the Mitsubishi used in the film was completely stock underneath meaning that all the cars around it were simply driving very slowly however is being killed find out how such a song could work in real life and it got me thinking what is the fastest car ever in Reverse.

Technically electric cars are deliberately restricted in Reverse but with a bit of modification they should theoretically be able to drive as fast backwards as they can forwards actually Daniel opted the formula e driver has driven an all-electric modified OD rs3 with 1200 brake horsepower 233 miles per hour in Reverse also, the colonel's egregore technically has a 1 speed transmission so restrict that power going backwards and you could be hurtling down a runway at 255 miles per hour while looking in the rearview mirror good luck trying to find a driver for that test.

So the Evo is probably only driving around 35 miles per hour in that fast and furious clip even so, that horrendous Mitsubishi Eclipse still can't keep up one awful piece of machinery if you liked this video give it a thumbs up and comment down below with what you'd like explaining next would you like us to dissect another movie for bit drastic park can a jeep actually outrun a t-rex Oh be cool

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enit's a famous scene from a movie that we all have a soft spot for Paul Walker in too fast too furious in his Mitsubishi Evo 7 driving down the highway now I don't want to be that guy that died sex a movie scene but I'm gonna be that guy you see managing to get a car to drive that quickly in Reverse is some feat especially seeing as Paul Walker supposedly overtaking highway vehicles while doing so so in this video we're gonna investigate how fast you can feasibly drive in Reverse and what Brian O'Connor we need to do to his car to get it to drive that quickly backwards and while you're here don't forget to subscribe and click the bell icon so you don't miss any of our videos to start with let's take a look at what allows a car to drive at speed the gears or more specifically the gear ratios a gear ratio is the ratio between the number of teeth on one gear versus the number of teeth on another gear that it is meshing with in a car's transmission the gear ratio is defined as the number of teeth on the driven gear on the outer side of the gear box versus the number of teeth on the driving gear on the inside of the gear box let's take first gear in the Mitsubishi Evo 7 as an example there are 14 teeth on the driving gear and 41 teeth on the driven gear divide one by the other and you get a gear ratio of 2.9 to 8 that means for every two point 98 revolutions of the driving gear you get one revolution of the driven gear due to the number of teeth on both once you go through the gears that gear ratio number begins to decrease once you're in fifth gear in the Mitsubishi the gear ratio has become not 0.72 which means for every one rotation of the driving gear you only get naught point seven two rotations of the driven gear but that does allow you to get up some decent speed so how'd you calculate how fast you can drive in each gear well you need the gear ratio of the whole system the circumference of the wheels and the engines Rev lament to find the gear ratio of the whole system we need to multiply the ratio of wherever gear we've selected by the final drive ratio but being the gearing within the differential to find the circumference of the wheel let's estimate that the Mitsubishi styro wheel combination amongst our around 22 inches multiply that by PI and you get a circumference and the Mitsubishi's rev limit is around 8,000 rpm plug those numbers in and you can find out how fast you can drive in each gear so how fast could Paul Walker's evil feasibly drive in Reverse well the reverse gear in the Evo 7 once you've messed about with an idler gear for Reverse has a gear ratio of three point four one six plug that number into our calculation and you get a top speed in Reverse of thirty five point five six miles per hour now considering he is keeping up with and then overtaking highway traffic shows that the film is trying to convince you these driving faster than that in fact that ruled in South Florida for the film is beast as a speed limit of 65 miles per hour so let's see he somehow manages to achieve seventh about an hour how could he reach that in Reverse well let's work backwards plug it's 70 miles an hour as the maximum speed and you can rearrange to find the gear ratio to reach that velocity the result the evo seven we need a reverse gear ratio of one point seven three five to reach that velocity having such a ratio for reverse gear is easier said than done however the ratio for first and second gear is designed specifically for acceleration which makes it easier to pull away having a ratio of one point seven three five four reverse however we'd have it sitting somewhere between second and eeeh have you ever tried to pull away in third I wouldn't recommend it doing a bit of digging the Mitsubishi used in the film was completely stock underneath meaning that all the cars around it were simply driving very slowly however is being killed find out how such a song could work in real life and it got me thinking what is the fastest car ever in Reverse well technically electric cars are deliberately restricted in Reverse but with a bit of modification they should theoretically be able to drive as fast backwards as they can forwards actually Daniel opted the formula e driver has driven an all-electric modified OD rs3 with 1200 brake horsepower 233 miles per hour in Reverse also the colonel's egregore technically has a 1 speed transmission so d restrict that power going backwards and you could be hurtling down a runway at 255 miles per hour while looking in the rearview mirror good luck trying to find a driver for that test so the Evo is probably only driving around 35 miles per hour in that fast and furious clip even so that horrendous Mitsubishi Eclipse still can't keep up one awful piece of machinery if you liked this video give it a thumbs up and comment down below with what you'd like explaining next would you like us to dissect another movie for bit drastic park can a jeep actually outrun a t-rex Oh be coolit's a famous scene from a movie that we all have a soft spot for Paul Walker in too fast too furious in his Mitsubishi Evo 7 driving down the highway now I don't want to be that guy that died sex a movie scene but I'm gonna be that guy you see managing to get a car to drive that quickly in Reverse is some feat especially seeing as Paul Walker supposedly overtaking highway vehicles while doing so so in this video we're gonna investigate how fast you can feasibly drive in Reverse and what Brian O'Connor we need to do to his car to get it to drive that quickly backwards and while you're here don't forget to subscribe and click the bell icon so you don't miss any of our videos to start with let's take a look at what allows a car to drive at speed the gears or more specifically the gear ratios a gear ratio is the ratio between the number of teeth on one gear versus the number of teeth on another gear that it is meshing with in a car's transmission the gear ratio is defined as the number of teeth on the driven gear on the outer side of the gear box versus the number of teeth on the driving gear on the inside of the gear box let's take first gear in the Mitsubishi Evo 7 as an example there are 14 teeth on the driving gear and 41 teeth on the driven gear divide one by the other and you get a gear ratio of 2.9 to 8 that means for every two point 98 revolutions of the driving gear you get one revolution of the driven gear due to the number of teeth on both once you go through the gears that gear ratio number begins to decrease once you're in fifth gear in the Mitsubishi the gear ratio has become not 0.72 which means for every one rotation of the driving gear you only get naught point seven two rotations of the driven gear but that does allow you to get up some decent speed so how'd you calculate how fast you can drive in each gear well you need the gear ratio of the whole system the circumference of the wheels and the engines Rev lament to find the gear ratio of the whole system we need to multiply the ratio of wherever gear we've selected by the final drive ratio but being the gearing within the differential to find the circumference of the wheel let's estimate that the Mitsubishi styro wheel combination amongst our around 22 inches multiply that by PI and you get a circumference and the Mitsubishi's rev limit is around 8,000 rpm plug those numbers in and you can find out how fast you can drive in each gear so how fast could Paul Walker's evil feasibly drive in Reverse well the reverse gear in the Evo 7 once you've messed about with an idler gear for Reverse has a gear ratio of three point four one six plug that number into our calculation and you get a top speed in Reverse of thirty five point five six miles per hour now considering he is keeping up with and then overtaking highway traffic shows that the film is trying to convince you these driving faster than that in fact that ruled in South Florida for the film is beast as a speed limit of 65 miles per hour so let's see he somehow manages to achieve seventh about an hour how could he reach that in Reverse well let's work backwards plug it's 70 miles an hour as the maximum speed and you can rearrange to find the gear ratio to reach that velocity the result the evo seven we need a reverse gear ratio of one point seven three five to reach that velocity having such a ratio for reverse gear is easier said than done however the ratio for first and second gear is designed specifically for acceleration which makes it easier to pull away having a ratio of one point seven three five four reverse however we'd have it sitting somewhere between second and eeeh have you ever tried to pull away in third I wouldn't recommend it doing a bit of digging the Mitsubishi used in the film was completely stock underneath meaning that all the cars around it were simply driving very slowly however is being killed find out how such a song could work in real life and it got me thinking what is the fastest car ever in Reverse well technically electric cars are deliberately restricted in Reverse but with a bit of modification they should theoretically be able to drive as fast backwards as they can forwards actually Daniel opted the formula e driver has driven an all-electric modified OD rs3 with 1200 brake horsepower 233 miles per hour in Reverse also the colonel's egregore technically has a 1 speed transmission so d restrict that power going backwards and you could be hurtling down a runway at 255 miles per hour while looking in the rearview mirror good luck trying to find a driver for that test so the Evo is probably only driving around 35 miles per hour in that fast and furious clip even so that horrendous Mitsubishi Eclipse still can't keep up one awful piece of machinery if you liked this video give it a thumbs up and comment down below with what you'd like explaining next would you like us to dissect another movie for bit drastic park can a jeep actually outrun a t-rex Oh be cool\n"