WARPED
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Registered: 12th Jun 02
Location: Stoke + Wolves - Corsa Sport
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apparantly it will give me better 0-60
any1 know bout this? ? ?
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fearless
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Registered: 16th Mar 03
Location: Manchester
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Final drive is calculated by dividing the number of teeth on your crown wheel by the number of teeth on your mainshaft in your gearbox - the higher your final drive the quicker your accelaration - but the top speed will b lower - typical final drives are 4.2/4.5/4.8/5.1
To change the final drive requires a different crownwheel and mainshaft (depending which box your running)
Not quite as straight forward as u though eh!!!
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Wolfy
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Registered: 1st Apr 02
Location: West Midlands
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more curvy the stright... ::confused::
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TOMAS
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Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
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LOL i dont know much about final drive but all i know is my 1.2 16v with 17's goes quicker in 4th than bleedin 5th!! - eh whats that all about then?
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WARPED
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Registered: 12th Jun 02
Location: Stoke + Wolves - Corsa Sport
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so its not really a budget mod then?  i was just told by velos that its another way of increasing 0-60 which is what im after, not too bothered bout top speed.
how much we talkin to have it done?
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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quote:
Originally posted by TOMAS
LOL i dont know much about final drive but all i know is my 1.2 16v with 17's goes quicker in 4th than bleedin 5th!! - eh whats that all about then?
sr's were like thihs, its becasue the 1.2 doesnt have enough torque to drive it on 17's witha huge install i 5th gear.
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WARPED
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Registered: 12th Jun 02
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been speakin 2 a few of my rally mates and it could be quite a big job, meetin one 2nite so will find out just how big
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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it would be much easier to just change the gearbox for a cr one.
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Adam_lee
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Registered: 23rd Apr 02
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1.2 SXI is fine on 17" rims in 5th gear. Maybe cos the sxi has a close ratio box. in fact its better on 17's cos it lowers the revs a little when doing 70mph, hence the wee little chicken chaser dosent scream as much! lol. If you want a smaller final drive maybe you should look at fitting the sxi gearbox.
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WARPED
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Registered: 12th Jun 02
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id imagine mine is the same as i have a sport
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_lee
1.2 SXI is fine on 17" rims in 5th gear. Maybe cos the sxi has a close ratio box. in fact its better on 17's cos it lowers the revs a little when doing 70mph, hence the wee little chicken chaser dosent scream as much! lol. If you want a smaller final drive maybe you should look at fitting the sxi gearbox.
Actually kris is talking about the early 1.2's. Which were 8v and a LOT slower than the 16v. Oh yeah, with 17's on, you are not doing 70mph like it shows, you are doing nearer 76mph.
Dave
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