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Originally Posted by Levi
I mean for DD, I don't think you would really feel a difference because you aren't going to be using the taller gearing. The good thing about the V6 and S-54 is that you can skip gears, when I started trying to get good mph I would skip 3rd and sometimes 4th.
I can cruise at 40 mph in 5th and be able to merge/accelerate fine. The drawback of that is at 75+ you are at 3.5k+ Ideally I'd like to make 5th longer and have 4th be my city crusing gear.
There is a really big difference between theory and the real world, I thought the s-54 would suck but its pretty much the same as the 5s shifting wise because well, its the same tranny. Having said that I have only driven my 3vz with the S-54 so I don't actually know how a turbo trans or taller gearing would feel.
If I had the money/skills I'd go with the S-51 internals but not sure how it feel because you would lose some acceleration.
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I hate driving around in my 5S in 5th gear at 45mph..much less 75-80...given a V6 would be much smoother and relativly quiter I just know the difference the 6 speed was when I upgraded from a 5 speed in my Stealth TT to the 6 Speed. Who says performance has to be pretty...
stolen from 328FTW FTW