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BuzLightyear

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Just had $1100 of parts put into my gearbox... smooth as now - knew it was a bit sus when I bought the car but didn't expect it to pack it in this quickly.

Anyways, the fifth gear ratio is different - the others may be too for all I know cos I can't remember how they revved at various speeds. However, I seem to remember 100k's in 5th was about 2800rpm, and it is now revving at about 3200rpm. This is a good thing as it suits the R32 engine better in my opinion and there's no appreciable increase in fuel consumption, or even none at all as far as I can tell.

Can anyone account for the different ratio? The job was done under warranty and the parts are new.

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They could have changed the drive gear for the speedo cable. Now your car is going to be travelling faster than the speedo indicates.

Might not be a bad idea to get a mate to pace you at speeds by his speedo and compare what your speedo says.

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