All 5-speed Miatas have the same transmission gear ratio's.
-Peter
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From: James Creasy
To: mrclem@telocity.com; Allendorfer, Peter; 'John J. Stimson-III '; 'Scot
Zediker '
Cc: 'Loughmiller, Scott '; ''Mark J. Andy' '; ba-autox@autox.team.net
Sent: 10/15/01 8:25 AM
Subject: RE: 2500 lb Miata?
shorter = higher number
longer = taller = smaller number
there is usually a differential ratio AND the individual gear ratios.
-james "long gears" creasy
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From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Michael R. Clements
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 11:17 AM
To: Allendorfer, Peter; 'John J. Stimson-III '; 'Scot Zediker '
Cc: 'Loughmiller, Scott '; ''Mark J. Andy' '; ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: 2500 lb Miata?
Am I the only person who finds this shorter vs. taller terminology
confusing?
Does shorter mean a larger numeric ratio (lower gear), or a smaller
numeric
ratio (higher gear)?
Over the years I think I've heard people use these terms both ways,
which is
why it's confusing.
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From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Allendorfer, Peter
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 07:47
To: 'John J. Stimson-III '; 'Scot Zediker '
Cc: 'Loughmiller, Scott '; ''Mark J. Andy' '; 'ba-autox@autox.team.net '
Subject: RE: 2500 lb Miata?
Try Shorter. the 90-93 Miatas have 4.303:1 gears The 94-97 cars have
4.1:1
gears, and the 99-2001 5-speeds have 4.303:1 gears again. The 6-speeds
have
3.909:1 gears, but a must charter 1-st and all the gears are closer
together.
-Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: John J. Stimson-III
To: Scot Zediker
Cc: Loughmiller, Scott; 'Mark J. Andy'; ba-autox@autox.team.net
Sent: 10/14/01 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: 2500 lb Miata?
On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 05:49:09PM -0700, Scot Zediker wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Loughmiller, Scott" <scott@radiate.com>
>
> > However, you're geared very similar to the guys with the 6-speeds.
The
> No, I'm not. I have the exact same gearing you do.
Um, Scot, I don't want to get into a "yes you are/no I'm not" debate
here, but the '99+ 5-speed cars have a longer gearing than the '94-97
cars. 5th in the '99+ 6-speed cars is about the same as 5th in the
94-97 cars. 5th in the 5-speed cars is slightly higher.
Maybe the 90-93 cars used a longer gearing the 94-97 cars, but it
seems like you'd really be hurting in the acceleration department if
that were the case.
--
john@idsfa.net John Stimson
http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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