Zetec gearboxes close ratio final drive please HELP!
Needing some help, iv got a 1995 MK 6 escort fitted with a 130 bhp zetec silvertop engine, the car was fitted with a standard ib5 gearbox with a final drive of 3.82. Iv been using the car for sprints and have found that my acceleration wasn’t grate out of the corners, someone suggested to me that fitting a box with a higher final drive ratio of 4.375. I was sprinting today with the new box and iv found that 1st and 2nd gear are very long, doing but 30mph in 1st over 60mph in 2nd which is not really any use for me seen as I can only do about 80 mph on my local track. I thought about putting a box out of a smaller engine car such as a 1.3 cvh or similar so I can get faster acceleration and have closer gears, top end speed is not important. Anybody have any ideas what box I could use or what box I could use to make one up that would solve my problem any help appreciated.
Last edited by mcd240; Jul 7, 2009 at 08:57 PM.