An FR-S with a three-on-the-tree would interesting.

Well now, since we are going retro...... how about an electric hand shifter, like was on the old 1936 Hudson Terraplane ..... :popcorn:

Yep, my buddy had one back in HS ...... which allowed him to remove the floorboard shifter, so his GF could sit closer ..... :D

WOW - talk about a "short shifter" ...... :w00t:

Sorry about the :threadjacked:


humfrz

If said 5 speed was behind a 2JZ then yes! :D But, then again, you could direct drive a 2J and it would scream! :lol:

Petition for 7 speed FR-S 2017.

With a turbo! And 21 gears. And a unicorn with a rainbow.

What??

if you have a 5 speed you'd have a worse power band and less accel as the gearing would be longer to compensate for the missing gear and having a 5th gear OD.

Example... my of 5speed mustang hit 101 MPH on 3rd... and redline was 6K RPM. Where you need 4th in the FR-S to even reach 100.

I would like 4th gear and 12k rpm limit

Seriously ... The car would be simply amazing with a twin clutch transmission. Shifts in the high rpm range where the car likes to live.

How about this:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5225/5...0d308239_b.jpg

Or this:
http://shacman.com.my/wp-content/fil...gearbox256.jpg

I use third maybe once out of 20 times as I go up the gears. Normal pattern for me is 1-2-4-6 shift points around 5500

If you like to accelerate briskly during normal driving, and the speed-limit is like 45-50 mph, then a hard pull through 1st and 2nd up to 5500 or so drops you around 3000 rpm when you are in 4th. About where I cruise surface streets.

Truth be told, I would be just as happy if the box were 5 gears.

To those that stand-up for the 6, why not go further and have 12 if you believe that pulling the lever is some kind of a good thing?

Something like a GTI would be just fine with 5 gears since it has near full torque all the way down at 2200rpm and keep it almost up to redline - we don't even get into the powerband until we are over 4000rpm. We don't have a lot of area under our torque curve so we need a transmission that is capable of keeping the car in the pretty narrow powerband. If you wanted a grocery getter that was easy, why did you buy an FR-S? The reason we have a 6 speed is so you can keep the car in the powerband and still have a decent overdrive.

The transmission should be matched to the engine - the transmission should make the car as quick and economical as possible given the powerband with as few gears as possible. In our FR-S, that number is 6.

Oh god, I can just picture the threads now:
"New to MT and I get a weird noise and the car bounces when shifting from 4th to 15th. Any ideas?"

My '66 Nova has a 2-speed Turbo-Thrift tranny. 0-35 in first, 35-infinity in second. For an inline-6 it was real quick off the line. Around 50mph it felt like it was about to blow apart. Not a good freeway car.