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Old 04-15-2015, 01:03 AM   #78 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by firehawk618 View Post
550 Miles is nothing. Just over a tank of fuel. Could be a fun day IF the car was as clean as envisioned.

I like the taller gearing, the Y5 I think is a good match with all the VERY low end torque it produces *relatively speaking*

I can say with 100% confidence that gearing trumps leanburn for economy on the D16y5 no matter what.
Get a few more tanks of gas under your belt and some pictures of all this work you're doing would be great too, I enjoy documenting and seeing pictures of builds.

Id like to find a Dyno sheet showing a stock y5 curve in 12v operation it is probably a more torque than a b series

To agree and contradict you; I would lose mileage switching back to a long geared trans just because I spend most of my longer sections of commute at 50-55mph. Sometimes the extra throttle to stay in lean burn would hurt my tank average.
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