what the heck is final drive?

 

Apparently, it's a band.

http://www.finaldrive.org/

 

funny ha ha not what i meant!

 

i'm trying to get to the bottom of this...but with the info i've got so far... it is diffinatley not the 5th gear!

 

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A final drive is the ring gear on the differential.
In short, the higher the number the final drive /4.4/4.7/5.1...the quicker the acceleration but the loss in top end.

So lets say you put in a 4.7 final drive into your transmission and you can accelerate much quicker, but you loose out on top end from going 220km/h to 170km/h max

hope this helps


Modified by Mr.RHTuner at 7:28 PM 8/17/2006

 

so LS final is 4.266 and gsr is 4.400 ... from what your saying a ls tranny is better then a gsr tranny... no... you've got something backwards... type r tranny has a final of 4.785

 

Learn something new everday..

 

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sorry, I couldn't resist. I had no idea. Could you tell?

 

...thought you were just trying to get around the question

 

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LOL sorry man I got that confused
I'm talking to a 2 people at the same time so I wrote it wrong

my bad

fixed

 

ok so what did you mean then?

 

http://www.howstuffworks.com

all you need to know is in there.

 

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A final drive is the ring gear on the differential.
In short, the higher the number the final drive /4.4/4.7/5.1...the quicker the acceleration but the loss in top end.

So lets say you put in a 4.7 final drive into your transmission and you can accelerate much quicker, but you loose out on top end from going 220km/h to 170km/h max</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

so what kinda gain am i gonna get when i go from the ls tranny to the gsr tranny?

 

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faster acceleration and shorter gears

 

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All USDM ITRs have a 4.40:1 final drive. Only the 98-01 JDM ITRs had the 4.785:1 final drive.

 

better depends on the person. A higher final drive will give faster acceleration, but also make your RPM alot higher when cruising on the highway.

 

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And the joy of cruising on the freeway at 4,200 rpm...

Not that I'm complaining too much. I love my GSR, just wish it got better mileage.

 

as i said...there is a ls 5th gear in it