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MetroMPG · 03-12-2009, 09:54 PM

Interesting - good luck.

I wish I could get a taller OEM 5th for my car. It may make it pretty much undriveable in top gear with the taller final drive already in there (as well as the tires, which are taller than originally went with that transaxle), but I'd still like to try it.

I'd like to ask the guy who already made a custom taller gearset for the Metro if he'd lend me his, but he's not very consistent at answering e-mail.

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