[Tigers] Ford / Mazda 5speed transmission

[CoolVT at aol.com]

I was looking at gas prices today and that "fuel economy" idea is looking  
pretty good:-)
Mark
 
 
In a message dated 2/24/2011 10:20:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
maliburevue at yahoo.com writes:

Al,

That makes perfect sense in a truck where you need a  granny gear first for
stump pulling or hauling heavy loads.

I've  heard that some Tiger owners with 5 speeds have 3.07 or 3.31 rearend
gears,  since their overdrive is actually too low. Consequently they don't 
even
use  first gear and just start out in second, which means they are back to 
a  4
speed.

In my opinion 5 speeds were created for engines that have a  either limited
torque range, like most 4 and 6 cylinder engines, or to  optimize fuel 
economy
to meet government  requirements.

Gary
_______________________________________________
Tigers at autox.team.net
Donate:  http://www.team.net/donate.html
Archive:  http://www.team.net/archive
Forums:  http://www.team.net/forums
Unsubscribe/Manage:  
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/coolvt@aol.com