Lower Final Drive

[Absolut R]

hey guys bit of a noob question but i actually have no idea what is involved/is/what happens in lowering final drive. Any info would be great cheers

[Elwood]

Changing the FD on a DC2 from 4.7 to 4.9 will mean that you will be on higher revs at lower speeds. Great for the track but shitty on the freeway.

:P

[zeth_an]

What about Final Drive and Gear Ratio ? they both do something simillar or ?

[Wlee2]

What about Final Drive and Gear Ratio ? they both do something simillar or ?

Go play around with the settings on my Gear ratio SS

http://members.iinet.net.au/~chenglee/GearRatio.xls

it tells you alot.. about what gears ratio do and Final drive and stuff..

[Elwood]

Gear ratio's and final drive are a differant thing.

A gear ratio (in first gear) of lets say 2.31:1 means that the engine turns 2.31 times for the driveshaft to turn once. With a 4.9 Final Drive, this will mean that every 4.9 turns of the driveshaft, the diff will turn once (directly connected to the wheels)

http://www.team-integra.net/sections...?ArticleID=707

[Absolut R]

so with the higher revs at lower speeds would that mean that theoretically if your going down a straight that is perfectly flat and as long as you want it do be that your top sped would be lower as you run out of revs too quickly?

[black_dc_5]

so with the higher revs at lower speeds would that mean that theoretically if your going down a straight that is perfectly flat and as long as you want it do be that your top sped would be lower as you run out of revs too quickly?

Sacrificing top speed for acceleration

[freakygeek]

Changing the FD on a DC2 from 4.7 to 4.9 will mean that you will be on higher revs at lower speeds. Great for the track but shitty on the freeway.

:P

It's only 3% shorter anyway. So previously if you were doing 4000rpm, it would be 4120rpm with the 4.929 FD. I wouldn't say that would make it "shitty".

[Elwood]

^Noted.