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Originally Posted by 1337
True. My car has an 0.814 5th gear. I started a thread about 5th gear swaps in the Miata forum, and it seems that there are other cars that I could pull a taller 5th gear from. For example, the 87-91 RX-7 has a .691 5th gear. Perhaps Mazda still makes that part. However, if the part is discontinued, I would have to pull a used one from a 20+ year old, possibly abused, sports car transmission. I'm not sure if I'd feel comfortable putting a 20-year old used part into my newish car's transmission. |
that doesnt sound like a good idea to me either
it cant hurt to look around.
I considered tossing a different trans in my 99 ranger xlt before I got rid of it back in Jan, it had the 3.0L engine and honestly had some decent gear ratios, but it simply didnt have the HP/torque to drop the rev's any, and I would have ended up losing mileage.