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Lotus Europa Forums => Garage => Topic started by: jbcollier on Saturday,August 19, 2017, 10:53:21 AM
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I have an early 395 transaxle and I swapped out the 0.91 5th for a 0.86 5th (thanks Gerald). I’m running 175/70R13 tires front and back (S1):
3800 @ 100 kph (62.2 mph) in 4th
3100 @ 100 kph (62.2 mph) in 5th
3400 @ 110 kph (68.4 mph) in 5th
3700 @ 120 kph (74.6 mph) in 5th
Before, if you shifted slowly from 4th to 5th, you didn’t notice any rpm drop at all as it only dropped a couple of hundred rpm.
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Is that about a 10 mph difference in fifth at the same rpm? That's a big improvement on the highway!