Picking gears

Getting back to trapping
With a 110LSA and good heads,the power curve over the top is often nearly dead flat. There may be 500 or 600 rpm on either side of the power peak. It behooves you, for low ET to hang in there as long as you can. In the lower gears especially, as on the shift, you can come in,in the next gear, at a higher rpm where there is more power. Short shifting is not gonna get you max mph.
Once you have blasted your way to top gear, in the shortest possible time, now begins the long-march to the traps.When you get there, you want to be at a part of the power curve that is maxed out somewhere toward the middle of the trap. If you enter at 300hp, peak at 305 and exit at 300, you get 302.5 hp average, and you can't get much better than that.
If you enter at 290 and exit at 305, your average will be 297.5.
If you enter at 305 and exit at 285, your average will be 295.
All numbers are of course theoretical.
302.5hp, of course will probably post the highest mph.
Those first three gears are just to get you down the track as far as possible, and set you up to max your average hp thru the traps.This is why leaving a half second in the 60 ft is so critical. In the first three gears most of the power gets onto the track. But in top gear,the power has to be shared with wind-resistance.