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Old 09-11-2012, 11:22 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by TonyJZX View Post
sure anything can be done with enough money

and the reality is that one gear wont be that expensive

i mean if you're that invested you can get an engineering firm to make you a replacement gear in the size you want

however the sheer downtime and getting someone who knows manual boxes to open it up and the ensuing potential warranty issues

the easier way would be to look at replacing the final drive with something a bit taller

apparently they are the same as the Lexus IS200/300 etc.

i dont think it would adversely affect acceleration too much but that's where research comes in
Opening the transmission and replacing the gear is no problem. The problem would be getting the gear.

The problem with the final drive is that I'd need a pretty tall final drive to give me the overall ratio that I want. That, in turn, would drastically hurt acceleration.
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