Rear End/Gear/Differential Ratio
 

It seems to me that the focus has been to extra more ponnies out of the engine.

It surprises me that nobody/tuner tries to do the old trick of swapping the rear end gears into something more aggressive. Any tuning houses out there care to address this? I am just curious.

For me, for this kind of car, rear gears swap + lightweight flywheel/pulley could be simple upgrades of a very fun car. Thanks.

1st gear doesn't sound very fun with a higher FD than the car already has.

there is definitely a few options on the market now, 4.3, 4.5, and higher

That TRD Griffon model that laps Tsukuba in the 1:01 range has a 4.8 FD.

I totally agree with you, its the route I plan to take, higher final drive, light flywheel, FUN FUN FUN!

Yep, 4.77's in my S2k was super fun.

@Racecomp Engineering has the Cusco 1st, 2nd, and FD I think.

Cusco have an LSD which will take 5.1 gears. That should add some go.

Got some here,
http://ft86speedfactory.com/drivetra...9a12509ebc25f7

It surprises you because you might not have been looking hard enough ;)
There's a few options for rear gears on the market now. I'd say :search: for some of them.

Guilty as charged. Still researching the car before deciding to pull the trigger. What I know now is i like the car from my 3 test drives. I also know that from the characteristics of the engine, i probably wont do FI. So i thought I d go with gearing and light pulley or flywheel maybe cams. I searched the forum and didnt find any discussions on gearing. I appreciate the links, and even more links. Thanks

Can anyone help me to find where I can order the Cusco 4.875 final drive?