WrcFella

alright thenn, my car doesnt take off the mark as quick as it used to, although i do have a sloppy clutch and is most probably the reason.. i service my car every 5000km. the main thing is that the acceleration isnt as high as it used to be, so just wondering what are some reasons for loss of acceleration. thanks.

hey, Just would like to know some specifics for power loss, as I have felt my rolla have a slight feel of power loss, n would like to know some possible reasons. cheers

As above, you can, but you need to buy the new gears, plus parts and labour costs will be pretty huge. I see a few options: Put up with it and loose a little bit of money on economy Sell up to a Sportivo, get that extra gear and more powaaaaa for what, like 6k cost, which you wont really make back in economy but maybe in fun. Sell up to a brand new small car (new rolla even), new cars are so freaking economical now Sell down to a 1JZ Supra and enjoy getting maybe 350km to a tank (70l, maybe 5l left). Pocket a few k and burn it in fuel. so you cant just change the stock ratios? prolly better to just buy a mr2 :D

So in other words upgrade to a Celica instead of a Sportivo? Even then that'll only drop a coulpe hundred rpm from a Sportivo at 120km/h. Fair call. Let's paint a picture - You have two cars next to each other on the road, both sitting at 4000rpm, one with 4200rpm left to give, one with 2000rpm, which would you rather be in? (I mena, technically, I could recommend a VX SS with an LS1 and T56, where he could do under 2000rpm in 6th if the whole point of the exercise was just to drop revs :P but I reckon advising WRCFella to look at the stivo was a good move) and i'm guessing you cant change gearbox ratios lol

cheers man, done my figures, buying the stivo will be cheaper. thanks alot.

Why would i want an auto?

Hey dudes and dudetts. I want to try and put a Sportivo gearbox in my 03 Accent hatch. Just wondering what exactly I need to do this, as this is my first time acually doing any mods to my car. I want to put in the Sportivo gearbox as I think revving @ 4k while going 120 is too much. Rough prices for Sportivo gearbox's would be appreciated too thanks :). Cheers