I see all of the Civic threads about swapping parts, including transmissions and I want to look into something similar for my Corolla.
I *think* I have the A245E transmission and I have found the A246E, which I believe is swappable (need to confirm that too). According to Wikipedia, these are the gear ratios for each:
I've been using this
Gear Ratio Calculator, but I'm not really good with gearing and what it all means, so can someone help me decipher the data? What I'm looking for is a peppy car in the first couple of gears and the best possible cruising gear (in terms of lowest RPM).
Can someone tell me what I need for what I want? Shorter 1st, 2nd and 3rd and taller 4th with a tall final drive? Or the exact opposite? If each gear in each trans was easily swappable, which gears would you choose?
Ahhh... I'm so confused!
