Eddie Sheffield wrote:
>
> . Won't the final ratio of the 5 speed + 4.22 be pretty close
> to the final ratio of the 4 speed + 3.9? I'm thinking mostly in terms of
> highway cruising, not low end acceleration/torque. More interesting in
> comfortable cruising than racing. :-)
>
the 5 speed is almost the same as the 3.77 diff.
I started out with a 3.9 and the 5 speed, Sure it cruised at 90 all day
but it took too long to get there.
With the 4.22, it is quicker off the line and still cruises all day at
80.
Everybody has different preferences, with the 4.22 the car is as it was
with the exception of fifth for the long drives.
I took the 3.9 out the 2nd day I had the 5 speed. But I like to be quick
off the line and I can still cruise interstates without a screaming
engine.
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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
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