96EkTurboHatch

What trans is the best to see more out of first and second gear they go so fast they are useless. My buddy has a 95 lotus s4s and in a 3rd gear roll on I am dead even with him but down low in 1st or second he SLAUGHTERS me, what can I do to get more down low???????

93LSivic

Spoon 1st gear??

Arturbo

All 1st gears are either the same, or very close to each other. No way around it.

ronin

LS,GSR, USDM-R, JDM-R: 1st gear is 3.23
LS,GSR 2nd gear:1.9
USDM-R, JDM-R 2nd gear:2.105

if you have an ls, you already have the longest 1st gear combo. maybe you want to run a gsr trans with an ls diff to extend your 1st and 2nd gears a little..
gsr at about 8k will pull around 39 mph, and 66 mph in 2nd.
ls will pull about 40 and 68mph... thats with 205/45/16's

whitemike1644

i heard LS tranny with GSR final drive is good to decrease traction.

maybe he ment it is a GSR with LS final drive.

but i am pretty sure he said LS because the gears are long and if you put a GSR final drive you will take longer to climb RPM's in other words your turbo won't spool as fast down low so you can grab traction.

The_Head

well, you could run taller tires, that might help some...

shadowdawn

Automatic transmission has 100% traction in first and you hit full boost and nearly 45mph I believe before shifting.... of course you can only launch at 1800rpms unless you wanna blow it up with a nuetral drop.....

automatic super tall gears = to boost...


Of course before you get all flamy on me I'm being sarcastic while stating facts (for the most part)

96EkTurboHatch

ok well I don't have an automatic, I have a Type R trans in there right now, So go with the ls? Or maybe It will get better when i boost the crap out of it

Arturbo

I'll trade you an Ls for your ITR tranny.

shadowdawn

LS tranny = Longer gears, keeps you in boost longer, more comfortable when cruising at highway speeds.

GSR tranny = short gears, gets your through gears/rpms quicker, not as much in boost, a little less comfortable at cruising speeds (higher rev at 75-80mph)

Type R tranny = even shorter gearing, even quicker through the gears, factory LSD, same as gsr reguarding boost time, even worse at highway cruising speeds.

Its all up to you, I think another thing is it may be "Easier" to get traction with boost and ls tranny, but thats really driver dependant....

VaporTrail

keep your trans, source drag radials, its the only way to fly