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Old 04-16-2014, 07:20 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
His big gain would come from a swap for the VX final drive. The seventh gen LX should have the 0.711 fifth gear. Whereas the VX, and almost all of the 5th and 6th gen USDM transmissions except the Si models and some EXs had the 0.702 fifth gear. But the VX final drive at 3.250 is a lot taller than the seventh gen LX with the 4.011 final drive.
I stand corrected, final drive.

3.25 / 4.011 = .81, so his RPMs would reduce by 19%?

How easily could he swap transmissions with two generations previous?
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