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Old 03-23-2012, 12:39 PM   #47
mankarn86
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Originally Posted by tranzformer View Post
I have driven manual cars my whole life, never owned an auto. I personally never use 6th gear to pass a car/accelerate. I always just drop it down into 5th. I know people are "lazy" but I would rather have a longer 6th gear for better highway cruising (#1 engine noise and #2 mpgs). Hopefully it won't be to hard to put a longer 6th gear in ourselves.
Understandable, however I don't think it's the 6th gear that's the problem, rather the final drive/diff ratio that's causing it...which effects every gear.
4.1 rear diff is par for the course for a car like this, the RX8 has a crazy short rear diff too (high 4's IIRC).
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