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Old 01-30-2011, 10:12 PM
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I have a T-5, and was wondering if it's possible to get a custom 5th gear, so that i could have 4.10's in the back, and be able to cruise on the highway with low RPM's... is it possible
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anyone? mostly sponsors please.
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You might get a better response if gave a range of ratios you want. But to answer the original Q: You can make a custom 5th ratio. It would take both drive and driven gear manufacture . aiat would be limited by what you could fit into the castings and by the driven gear cross-section. That is ,the gear is pressed on the mainshaft so it would have to have enough"meat" to assemble without distorting.
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.59 is do-able, depending on what gearset you have currently.
There were a LOT of different T5 boxes made with different gear tooth counts.
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With a 2.95 ratio gear kit, you can get down in the .59 area.


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