[geeks] woot! Score!!

[Kris Kirby]

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, kamakazi wrote:
> You can probably do all you want with just the tranny swap, don't know
> about the 'vette tranny, but you you can change ratios in a tranny also,
> and I'm sure that one already has an overdrive gear.  Just putting lower
> gears in with the stock automatic  could hurt in town gas mileage I
> would think, since the torgue converter will spend more time below
> lockup, converting your gas into heat.  Of course if your miles are
> primarily highway then that could not matter.

Negative -- those ratios I quoted were for the rear-end, not the tranny.
My main reason for swapping to the 'vette T56 is because gear #6 is 1:2.
That, plus a low gear ratio in the rear-end, should add up to low RPM at
highway speeds. Low RPM, less gas burned.

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