5 Speed!

[greenmac80]

why do you need a 5 speed shifter??

i used my 4 speed one! just grinded slots into the bolt holes and it works beautifully!

[Astro Boy]

They still around?

[snot35]

I was there a couple of months ago and both were gone, me taking one of them. They do turn over stock fairly quickly there though, so who knows, they may have more! There's only one way to find out.

[DouggehKE30]

DAMM IT!! :)

 

I was there about three weeks ago serching every corolla, and the only 5speed i found was in a ke70 4k.

I took it, because i thought it would fit in my KE30 no probs, but as most of you will tell me now I was wrong :hmm: and had to cut a hole.

They carged me $90 for mine?????

I just said it was out of a corolla 4k

 

Thanks for sharing anyways people. :(

Cheers Doug

[greenmac80]

i'm heading there on the wkend will post if there are any after!

[marvis]

Whats wrong with a 4 speed?

 

Does a 4 speed have longer range in the lower gears? This is what i thought so i kept my 4 speed in...

[snot35]

From what I've read, 2nd and 3rd are different ratios, but I can't verify this. Even then, I doubt you'd notice the difference. The good thing about a 5speed is it adds over drive.

 

4 speed ratios go from about 3.7 in 1st through to a 1:1 4th gear. A 5 speed is simply and extra over drive gear. So after your 1:1 4th you get a 0.865 ratio. This means you'll be revving your engine less on the freeway in 5th, than you will in 4th. With the low diffs in rolla's, that's a good thing!

[greenmac80]

when i changed to my 5speed it seemed that 2nd 3rd and 4th were a bit longer.

[SLO-030]

might head down tomorrow (friday) and see whats there, anybody still want a 5spd shifter?

[JiP]

The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th gears on a K40 & K50 are exactly the same ratios. The only differance is the K50 has an overdrive (5th gear.)