Oct 27, 2014 · Hi Folks, I'm looking into a 5th gear swap that would drop my highway speed engine RPM's by approximately 400.

Oct 5, 2013 · What you want to do is +40%, I think the 5th gear will be undriveable with top speed no more than 110/120 km/h on flat and without wind. Try the ...

Jun 5, 2008 · I think the most economical way to get these is to go to a junkyard, find an S?1 with a manual tranny, and remove the 5th gear yourself. I ...

Jul 8, 2012 · A MetroMPG.com visitor contacted me this week to share a link to his site about a gear swap he performed on his 1998 Ford Escort ZX2 5-speed.

Sep 12, 2009 · I could live without a 2nd gear. Can you just swap the 2nd gear input and output gears, and shift in a 1-3-4-5-2 pattern? Or would that be a ...

I was looking at purchasing a focus zx3 with a bad transmission. I was thinking it would be a cheap ecomod car but the mpg isn't the greatest and the.

May 7, 2015 · I wanted to share my successful transaxle swap with a 4.310 final drive ratio to a 3.722 ratio (14% Taller) in my 2005 Scion XB.

Jun 26, 2009 · You can then swap the 5th gear if you wish. For a 170rpm difference at highway speeds, I wouldn't go through the trouble of swapping the 5th ...

Jan 2, 2023 · Playing with the formula, the only way I can get the 2k rpms with a 3.73 and the same tires would be with a .87 5th gear but I'm almost certain ...

Aug 3, 2019 · The other option I have is to get an EX 5 speed trans and swap the 5th gear to a taller gear from the LX trans before I install it, which would ...