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Old 11-23-2009, 10:30 PM   #49 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bondvagabond View Post
One thing I learned was about how they dropped the 5th gear ratio, when they swapped to fuel injection, I was sold on the earlier carbed models, but if the fuel injected ones get the same mpg with a lower tranny gear, and slightly more power, I now plan to get a fuel injected one and swap in an earlier tranny with higher gearing, if I can make sure it will bolt up.
I am 99.9 percent sure that the engine and tranny bellhousing stayed the same then they went to the fuel injection. Just the head changed.

88.5 they changed the gear ratio. You will know it has the short 5th gear if the dash has square vent holes. The early ones had round vent holes. I think they got fuel injection in 90 or 91, a couple years later they discontinued in USA and brought in the tracker/sidekick.
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