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Originally Posted by Lucky21
Hmmm if you drive mt try to imagine going from 4th straight to sixth gear, that what I meant by 5th gear being sluggish and almost unusable even if i'm boosted. It's like for example I can reach 130mph in 4th gear that probably as high as i'm going to get as the moment I shift into 5th it just bogs down due to the long gears. So I just thought maybe a higher final drive would act like a shorter 5th gear or it would be better to go lower so I can make the most out of 4th gear totally disregarding 5th.
I know most people here don't really care about top speed but I was just genuinely curious if you could adjust that as I live in an area where such speeds are achievable legally (for the most part) Hope my post doesn't confuse others sorry.
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Then based on that statement, you definitely want a higher FD, like 4.56 or more. You're talking about acceleration then, not a top speed. A higher FD will give all your gears more torque and make gears like 5th and 6th shorter, so they feel quicker.