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Old 11-10-2022, 01:46 AM   #174 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Gringo-Gaucho View Post
Smaller than imagined, but still seats 8 total humans, plus gear space.
Those JDM forward-control vans are a miracle when it comes to packaging...


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Second thought is to alter the gear ratios somehow, but I'm not sure how hard that is to do- but ALL the gears seem really really low to me. I don't need 1st gear from a stop unless on a steep hill, and I can use 5th gear by around 25-30 mph.
Such a low gearing was quite usual to those vans, back in the day when they were seemingly underpowered. Not sure which wide-ratio transmission with a taller ratio could be interchangeable with its stock one, but it would be a good option.
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