RE: TR-6 performance (update)

["Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>]

Jeff Dewey has joined the list with a correct answer for question number
6.
One that has been a stumper...

Good job Jeff,

Jim


> 6) Why does an early Ferrari have a "true" 5-speed gearbox, but a 2003
>  Toyota does not?
The early Ferrari 5-speed gearboxes had a 5th gear with a 1:1 final
ratio. 
Late model production gearboxes could best be described as 4-speed + 
overdrive, ie, 4th gear is the 1:1 ratio and 5th is an o/d ratio.

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