plev72
Registered User
Alright, so a '94 5-speed has 2.89 gears or some such... I know that a lot of people have been going up to 3.27 or 3.31. I understand the trade off is better low end at the sacrifice of some fuel efficiency and some top end.
Tentatively I am not planning on changing from stock gearing due to the following reasons:
1) I will probably be making reasonably frequent weekend commutes of 320 miles round trip. Posted speed limit is 75 mph but traffic (not me of course... 'cause I wouldn't think of disregarding a speed limit) generally travels around 84 mph without getting a ticket and sometimes a bit faster (I've seen convoys doing around 100mph).
2) I figure the engine after the rebuild is going to have HUGE amounts of low end torque (like 330ft/lbs wasn't enough)... I'm thinking that I am better of with the thing taking a bit longer to spool as it is difficult enough to keep the tires on a 5-speed on the ground in the first place.
3) Umm... was there a 3? Oh yeah... if I ever get back to Europe with this thing, I'd love to see the top speed ... top speed is higher with lower gearing correct??
4) This is more of a question... if I change gearing to 3.27 (or is it just the taller gearing???) I might get stuck making an extra shift when I run quarters??
Thanks in advance for the pro/con argument.
Oh.. and just to complicate things more, would the aluminum pumpkin out of a Mark VIII make the change more worthwhile due to the weight savings of going aluminum???
Thanks,
Paul
Tentatively I am not planning on changing from stock gearing due to the following reasons:
1) I will probably be making reasonably frequent weekend commutes of 320 miles round trip. Posted speed limit is 75 mph but traffic (not me of course... 'cause I wouldn't think of disregarding a speed limit) generally travels around 84 mph without getting a ticket and sometimes a bit faster (I've seen convoys doing around 100mph).
2) I figure the engine after the rebuild is going to have HUGE amounts of low end torque (like 330ft/lbs wasn't enough)... I'm thinking that I am better of with the thing taking a bit longer to spool as it is difficult enough to keep the tires on a 5-speed on the ground in the first place.
3) Umm... was there a 3? Oh yeah... if I ever get back to Europe with this thing, I'd love to see the top speed ... top speed is higher with lower gearing correct??
4) This is more of a question... if I change gearing to 3.27 (or is it just the taller gearing???) I might get stuck making an extra shift when I run quarters??
Thanks in advance for the pro/con argument.
Oh.. and just to complicate things more, would the aluminum pumpkin out of a Mark VIII make the change more worthwhile due to the weight savings of going aluminum???
Thanks,
Paul