I suck at STFA. Where's the best place to get a taller geared (Euro?) 6 spd tranny?
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02-13-2005, 09:20 AM
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I know it is a different car, but I recently went with shorter ratios for 5th and 6th on my Viper.
The Viper has a 1:1 4th and then a ridiculously tall .74:1 5th and a retardedly tall .5:1 6th. I blew up my input cluster and had to have the tranny rebuilt. While this was getting done, we installed .8:1 5th and .64:1 6th gears from the version of the same Tremec tranny used by Aston Martin. To say I like the change is an understatement. Now the car has a true six speed rather than a four speed with two super-overdrives. The difference on the freeway is about 12 mph or 700 rpm in each gear compared to the old gearing. Reason I mention this is beware what you wish for because you just might get it. If you managed to find substantially taller 5th and 6th gears you might not end up liking the change. That jump from 1:1 4th to a .8:1 5th instead of a .74:1 5th is a huge difference in real world driving.
02-13-2005, 09:29 AM
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I did find this...
I'm not sure if this applies to the B5 S4 and RS4 but the ratios look the same?<ul><li><a href="http://elektro.cmhnet.org/~charlie/photos/cars/01E/trans.html">01E trans</a></li></ul>