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Apr 8, 2005

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4.57 gears installed!

I got the 4.57 richmond gear installed and WOW. 2nd gear feels like 1st gear used to be. it's very responsive and much quicker. it's an amazing bang for the buck mod. I also got the comptech diff installed right away too.

I can't wait to put some miles on and break them in. there is some gear whine, but it's not overbearing IMO. My invidia exhaust is still louder.

This mod is awesome and so far it's made me grin as though it was my first day driving the S.

It pulls hard down low in every gear, and I "raced" another S2k in a quick pull off the line to 6000rpm in 1st gear.

just in that 0-20 stint, I put a car length on him. woot.

I cant WAIT to bust this thing WOT!

Apr 8, 2005

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ok so explain to me.. what did u change in ur car?

Apr 9, 2005

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He changed the final gear of the transmission. A whole car from 0-20mph is an awesome improvement! The other driver must have been like damn!
Congrats man, enjoy that thing!

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congrats, me jealous now

Apr 9, 2005

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I can take u....

LoL

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damn...that is a nice gain...u should go videotape a run now...

Apr 9, 2005

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Awesome...must feel so much different!! Congrats!!

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out of curiosity, how many rpms are you doing at 60mph? (in 6th)

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Do you think you can keep up with the current M3's now?

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can someone please post the previous gear ratios, 1 through 5, as well as the new ones?

Apr 9, 2005

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Thats awsome, what other mods do you plan on doin in the near future. are you gunna go NA or turbo?

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So the acceleration is even sicker than before. Nice

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Quote:

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Do you think you can keep up with the current M3's now?

I would think not. Not 1/4 at least.

Throw them on a road course and its closer

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Well the M3 is a low 13 second car. With just these gears, owners are getting 13.1 in the 1/4 mile. so its possible.

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Originally Posted by nickm748

Thats awsome, what other mods do you plan on doin in the near future. are you gunna go NA or turbo?

Supercharged eventually. that's why I got these gears (instead of the 4.44 or 4.77). these gears are the strongest and are made by richmond gears specifically for the S2000. that's also why i got the reinforced diff.

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can someone please post the previous gear ratios, 1 through 5, as well as the new ones?

I didn't change gears 1 through 6. I changed the final drive gear, which affects ALL other gears.

the previous final drive was 4.10. now it is 4.57

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out of curiosity, how many rpms are you doing at 60mph? (in 6th)

i will let you know as soon as i get a chance today.