This was news to me, so I hope I can get some clarification.
As we all know, lots of BS gets spread around, especially online. Somebody claims that the TR3550 has an R-spec for the 95 R, where the 5th gear is 0.87 instead of the "standard" 0.68. It's been a while since I've driven #181, and quite frankly I didn't really pay that much attention to RPM cruising in 5th, so I have no idea. At some point in the future I have another motor I'll be swapping in to preserve the original, and I'm wondering if it's worthwhile to keep the original TR3550 or put in a close-ratio TKX...so I'm fiddling around with some gear ratio calculations, hence the question regarding the 5th gear ratio.
If the R spec TR3550 indeed has a 0.87 overdrive gear, it should be just fine for my purposes the way it is (no need for the TKX) behind the 408.
As we all know, lots of BS gets spread around, especially online. Somebody claims that the TR3550 has an R-spec for the 95 R, where the 5th gear is 0.87 instead of the "standard" 0.68. It's been a while since I've driven #181, and quite frankly I didn't really pay that much attention to RPM cruising in 5th, so I have no idea. At some point in the future I have another motor I'll be swapping in to preserve the original, and I'm wondering if it's worthwhile to keep the original TR3550 or put in a close-ratio TKX...so I'm fiddling around with some gear ratio calculations, hence the question regarding the 5th gear ratio.
If the R spec TR3550 indeed has a 0.87 overdrive gear, it should be just fine for my purposes the way it is (no need for the TKX) behind the 408.