dalek
Benchracer Tribe
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- Oct 18, 2005
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- Orange Alert, NC
Just to make it clear, this is not a "which transmission should I put in my Volvo if I want to do X HP and Y torque using Z coffee" thread; I really just want to stick with the T5 in this discussion.
So I have had a GM 1988 2.8 V6 WC T5 off an F-body (tag 13-52-177). According to what I read, its ratios are 4.03(1) 2.37(2) 1.49(3) 1.00(4) 0.76(5) 3.76(R).
So I have had a GM 1988 2.8 V6 WC T5 off an F-body (tag 13-52-177). According to what I read, its ratios are 4.03(1) 2.37(2) 1.49(3) 1.00(4) 0.76(5) 3.76(R).
- If we ignore the first gear, how good are the other gears?
- Is the gear choice (excluding 1st) related to engine performance or just driver's habits (closed gear ratio for performance vs more further apart for economy)?
- If I want to change any of gears 2-4 (I noticed 5th gear is different), is this just a matter of swapping cogs or do I also need to change the (main?) shaft (which means I am stuck to whatever overall gear combination that is machined to the shaft)? https://garage-scene.com/t5-into-ag-body/t5_install_ratios.htm confuses me
- Let's now talk about the 1st gear. I did some looking and the available first gears for the T5s are
[low torque] 4.03, 3.73, 3.50, 3.35, 3.27, 2.95 [high torque]
Of those, some are available in the Chevy V6 WC T5 and others are not. Am I correct to assume that if I want to swap the first gear I need to change at least one shaft (main?) as one of its gears is machined to said shaft (the other is pressed into the other shaft)? - I take the 4.03 1st gear is not only weak but also very granny gear
- My research (hence previous questions to support/clarify/contradict it), swapping gears means swapping all gears (ignoring input and output gears). Does that mean no matter the gears I chose the shafts still fit in the same housing?