demuire Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Have been speaking to Andrew Vibert from Central Victorian Auto Parts, he used to rally a JDM TE37 (which has unfortunately now been sold...), he's been rallying that car for a good 8 years now and was the Vic 2WD champion last year so knows a thing or two about rallying Corollas... Anyways, we got to talking about gear ratios (since I'm looking for 4.3 gears), and the topic came up about the gearset from Palmside NZ, and also the gearsets that Albins has, and I mentioned that Rob was thinking of getting the Palmside gears... Anyways, here is some of the conversation (in lots of pieces): Ivan albins has close ratio gearsetsfor T50 boxes. He is in Ballarat. If he is going to use 4.77 gears then he will need to think really carefully about gear ratios. To have a nice box you really require 5.1 or lower. Just out of interest I looked up the Palmside NZ T50 gearset, andthese are the ratios: 1st 2.63 2nd 1.89 3rd 1.34 4th 1.1 & 5th .86 Specs of gears availableNote: Prices are ex GST. Gear Ratios 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Reverse Synchro Gear Set $570AUD $570AUD $450AUD T 50 Albins Gear #1 2.39 1.61 1.21 1.00 0.886 3.48 T 50 Albins Gear #2 2.44 1.66 1.24 1.00 0.886 3.48 T 50 Albins Gear #3* 2.51 >1.75 1.28 1.00 0.886 3.48 >1.84*optional for Gear set 3 --------------------- Comparison Specs Gear Ratios 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Reverse T-50 Factory/Standard 3.587 2.022 1.384 1.00 0.861 3.48 T-50 TRD#1 2.63 1.891 1.38 1.00 0.861 3.48 T-50 TRD#2 2.341 1.607 1.195 1.00 0.886 3.48 T-50 TRD#3 2.960 1.607 1.195 1.00 0.886 3.48 T-50 Quaife 2.347 1.733 1.379 1.144 1.0 3.48 K-50 3.79 2.22 1.44 1 0.87 4.32 AE 101 Transaxle 3.166 1.904 1.392 1.031 0.815 3.250 Caterham 6 Speed 2.69 2.01 1.59 1.32 1.13 1.0 (6th) As taken from Phil Bradshaws site. Ivan actually made me a special set of gears when I ran a 4.875 diff.1st-2.6, 2nd-1.84,3rd-1.384 (std) 4th &5th STD. It had a bit of a gap from 3rd to 4th. After a couple of events I changed to a 5.125diff and changed the box to 1st- 2.44,2nd-1.66,3rd-1.24with std 4th &5th. It was great with no gaps. Have a play with this calculator and you will see what I mean. A standard TRD box has a 2.34 1st and it is to tall even with a 5.1 diff I forgot. If he wants to ring Ivan make sure he mentions me. Ivan did thefirst one of these boxes for me many years ago. He also gave me a gear calculator thingy (Excel spreadsheet) but I have nowhere to put it. Anyway, thought it would be of interest (in particular to Rob) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Revhead[RL] Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 the palmside gear set is actually a TRD one, i can get those cheaper as we are official TRD dealers, whereas palmside arnt. id be keen for that exel spreadsheet if you can email it :dance: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Revhead[RL] Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 oh see here for more info on the TRD one: TRD T50 Gearset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demuire Posted November 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 This probably isn't going to line up, but let's see how it goes anyway :dance: Palmside NZ Gear Ratio Final drive 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 1 2.63 4.77 8.7 17.4 26.0 34.7 43.4 52.1 60.7 69.4 2 1.89 4.77 12.1 24.2 36.2 48.3 60.4 72.5 84.5 96.6 3 1.34 4.77 17.0 34.1 51.1 68.1 85.2 102.2 119.2 136.3 4 1 4.77 22.8 45.6 68.5 91.3 114.1 136.9 159.8 182.6 5 0.861 4.77 26.5 53.0 79.5 106.0 132.5 159.1 185.6 212.1 Andrew's final gearset Gear Ratio Final drive 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 1 2.44 5.125 8.7 17.4 26.1 34.8 43.5 52.2 60.9 69.7 2 1.66 5.125 12.8 25.6 38.4 51.2 64.0 76.8 89.6 102.4 3 1.24 5.125 17.1 34.3 51.4 68.5 85.7 102.8 119.9 137.1 4 1 5.125 21.2 42.5 63.7 85.0 106.2 127.5 148.7 169.9 5 0.861 5.125 24.7 49.3 74.0 98.7 123.4 148.0 172.7 197.4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demuire Posted November 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Mr Revhead: Price on the gearset? I'm getting rather interested too :dance: Haha, as if I could afford it... *dreams on* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Revhead[RL] Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 well you gotta have goals.... 33030-ae811 $2580nz 33030-ae851 $1770nz just add freight :dance: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demuire Posted November 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 (edited) Umm, according to the Palmside page, they sell theirs for NZD2000 fitted? I'd imagine it would be a fair bit cheaper for just parts? *edit* oh yeah, emailed you that gear calculator too Edited November 16, 2004 by demuire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Revhead[RL] Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 yup thats the cheap one, and its plus gst (12.5%) which makes it $2250. cheers :dance: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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