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Corsa Sport » Message Board » Help Zone, Modification and ICE Advice » whats my 'final drive' and how can i change it? » Post Reply
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Cybermonkey |
posted on 19th Apr 03 at 16:47 |
quote: 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 | |
WARPED |
posted on 19th Apr 03 at 13:03 |
id imagine mine is the same as i have a sport | |
Adam_lee |
posted on 19th Apr 03 at 10:13 |
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. | |
Kris TD |
posted on 18th Apr 03 at 23:53 |
it would be much easier to just change the gearbox for a cr one. | |
WARPED |
posted on 18th Apr 03 at 18:37 |
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 :) | |
Kris TD |
posted on 18th Apr 03 at 10:27 |
quote: 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. | |
WARPED |
posted on 18th Apr 03 at 09:11 |
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. | |
TOMAS |
posted on 17th Apr 03 at 23:11 |
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? | |
Wolfy |
posted on 17th Apr 03 at 22:44 |
more curvy the stright... ::confused:: | |
fearless |
posted on 17th Apr 03 at 18:26 |
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 | |
WARPED |
posted on 17th Apr 03 at 17:04 |
apparantly it will give me better 0-60 |