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M5Fan
Original Poster
67 posts
43 months
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dom180
1,180 posts
134 months
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M5Fan said: Step away from the standard ratio gearbox.... (imho.) [How can the standard ratio gearbox suit the appearence of the car.  ]
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twisted2fit
107 posts
86 months
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i think though the cr box helps with resale...the reality is the car is a GT and the std box serves that role well. If you going to track a lotus regularly u r better buying an elise or exige me thinks:-)
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dom180
1,180 posts
134 months
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But you don't get out of 3rd on a b-road with the standard box.... I'd urge people to try both. If the original ratios were any good they wouln't have discontinued them. - I found the ratios terrible: eco mini cab driver ones...
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twisted2fit
107 posts
86 months
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i dont find it too bad---benefit is sig better fuel economy and much quieter on the motorway:-) i plan on taking mine across to mainland europe---depends i guess on how and what u use ur car for:-)if u get a sports exhaust, de-cat pipe and go for a cai or headers id imagine the cr would be loud at motorway speeds
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Thorburn
1,262 posts
63 months
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dom180 said: But you don't get out of 3rd on a b-road with the standard box.... You don't really have to be beyond 3rd with the close ratio box either, it's still good for over 100mph in Sport mode.
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dom180
1,180 posts
134 months
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Thorburn said: dom180 said: But you don't get out of 3rd on a b-road with the standard box.... You don't really have to be beyond 3rd with the close ratio box either, it's still good for over 100mph in Sport mode. Sure but 4th is so much lower in the close ratio box so well suited to a b-road while 4th in the old box wasn't as it was far too high so you were forced to use 3rd.... 3rd in the old box closer to 4th in the new compared to 4th in the old which was like a fifth.....
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