On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:15:13 GMT, Ulf > wrote:
>Don Bruder wrote:
>> In article
>> >,
>> TCS > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 03:30:23 GMT, Don Bruder > wrote:
>>>
>>>>In article >,
>>>>Anthony > wrote:
>>>
>>>>>TCS > wrote in
:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 19:12:39 GMT, Richard > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Do you have to shift sooner in the lower gears?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It's the same as a five speed versus a four speed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The top gear might have a higher ratio or it might not. It's entirely
>>>>>>up to the particular implementation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The Tremec (formerly Borg-Warner) T56 six speed generally has a 0.74 5th
>>>>>and a 0.50 6th ratio, so both are overdrive.
>>>
>>>>Wheeeee!
>>>
>>>>Will it bolt up to the 2.0 liter inline 4 engine in an '82 Mazda 626?
>>>
>>>With that engine, you'd only be able to use 6th gear on a 10% decline.
>>>Otherwise, it'd be like using 4th gear at 10mph.
>>
>>
>> Awww, shaddup and quit spoiling a perfectly good fantasy!
>>
>> (What? You actually think even if it WOULD bolt in, I didn't already
>> know it'd be just about as useful as tits on a boar hog?)

>Considering I have no problems accelerating up inclines in 6th gear in
>my Camaro it can't be that bad. Besides, you can always change the rear
>end ratio, at least in a RWD car...

Take your camero, pull the spark plugs off two cylinders and retard the
timing 20 degrees and you might have a power/weight ratio like the mazda.