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Old 04-23-2009, 01:30 PM   #11 (permalink)
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You may be confused... the previous owner may have put in a shorter final drive gear to reduce his 0-60. Any knob that shifts into 5th gear before 60 shouldn't be driving if his intention was to get to 60 quickly.
lol. . .you'd think I was confused. . .

But thats what I meant, and that is in fact what he did. What I would have done would be turbo, taller gears and shift less overall. Not what he did. he said to get a better 0-60. . .but he wasn't the brightest crayon in the box.

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Old 04-23-2009, 01:32 PM   #12 (permalink)
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That's gold. Did he put on a wing to improve his launch? Or tint to improve his cornering?
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Old 04-23-2009, 01:36 PM   #13 (permalink)
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No he did even better. . .he put a bigger muffler on to increase his compression ratio. . .

It's got a louder muffler, but thats my fault, I was able to get it for free after the stock one rusted and fell off(I bought it near the coast in North Carolina). Don't worry I turned around and picked it up, and then threw it away.

All that to say I shift into 5th at like oh. . .55? 70 on the highway is impossibly tough on the engine unless I can find an RV(http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...html#post99981)
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Old 04-23-2009, 02:31 PM   #14 (permalink)
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There's a lot of Metro people out there too... How much interest I can't say. They already go for the Swift manual gear boxes since they are taller.
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I test drove a civic vx with an ex transmission in it. It was fun but 5th gear was not fun on the freeway there was no way to stay in lean burn. I would be very interested in a ex transmission with a custom 5th that would be slightly taller then the stock vx even when combined with the ex final drive. Im not sure if this could be made and I see that this is an old thread.

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There's a lot of Metro people out there too... How much interest I can't say. They already go for the Swift manual gear boxes since they are taller.
I vote for the Metro

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