Extending ratios on the E153

[cantfindausername]

too right!!

Only if I ever get it moving though.

[foxy-stoat]

arrrr, may have to start collecting the bits to swop over to a turbo box then....may do this later on in the year i think.

thanks chappies !

[cantfindausername]

I have a stock rev2 diff in good condition if you care to make an offer :)

[foxy-stoat]

i'll have to get the box, shafts, hubs and clutch first i think matey, but if you still have it, then i'll drop you a pm fella !

cheers !!

[OlberJ]

So what's the deal with an N/A box then, are we stuck with our ratios?

[foxy-stoat]

think theres cheaper options if you have the E153 box, 5th gear from the ST165 will fit a-ok.

my mate does a fair bit of work with auto boxes, maybe i'll give him a bell to see if he can do something with the n/a box. be good to leave the box in-situ and remove the end cover, slip the 5th cog off and slip another one on, but i bet its more costly than that !

not so much stuck with the ratios...you may prefer them as they are.

[OlberJ]

And just to amuse you, my missus just asked what the N/A box meant, so i put it to her in a quiz, "N/A is naturally aspirated, so wot's the other gonna be?"

she says, "Mechanically aspirated?" lol

"No dear, it's a Turbo."

she says, "Eh? You can't put a turbo on a gearbox, that goes on the engine."

lol I'll give her points for getting it half right.

[OlberJ]

if you swap 5th gear that's all that will change, if you change the FD then all the gears change.

[cantfindausername]

There is a lot of info on the US forum about this stuff. There are gear sets out there. You can apparently change each gear, apart from 1/2/R as these are on the input shaft or something like that.

Made for an interesting, if not confussing read.

[cantfindausername]

here is said topic... http://www.mr2oc.com/showthread.php?t=222616