I think you may find it gets another set of "legs" up there. These engines will take lots of abuse under some pretty adverse conditions. We run ours completely dry of water and have made three quarter mile passes within 20 minutes in 90+ degree heat with bracket like consistency. Although they dont make the torque that a lot of engines will, they will however made good power upstairs and allow a racer to use torque multiplier instead. We run a 5.0 gear and 31" tire and use a 1.65 first gear ratio in the glide. I cant imagine racing on the ice (my hat's off to ya) good luck on the pavement!