Alright all.. here we are in 08... last search i checked for was postings from 05. Any heard anything about a possible 6sp tranny lately?

 

i think that died with the zpi dynasty

 

Why would you need one? A 6-speed seems useless in this car.

 

i don't think it would be useless, just not very cost-effective

 

6 speed and different gearing would be amazing.

 

x2 for surrre.

 

i say same gearing with a 6th speed for highway, 65mph at 3k. how bout 65mph at 1700

 

A 6th "highway gear" is the only way this would make any sort of sense, but the thousands of dollars you would need to make the swap would offset any fuel saving gains you would have over the entire time you'd own the car.

Plus, I like being able to pass without shifting.

 

^^^exactly what i thought

 

the only thing i saw hope in for a 6spd was that the new corolla XRS is the 2.4 liter 6spd manual... soon as i saw that i was like... oh crap all the D.B's on SL are gonna love this one... guess no one else saw that...

 

everyone saw it, no one cared lol.

 

yea that wouldn't be too effective, our motor doesnt make nearly enough torque to make it up any hill at that speed. It would have to be at least like 2400-2500 RPM. Would still be sweet, have it to where you hit 3k rpm at like 80 or 85

 

ya need a 6 speed. for what better gas mileage. ha we already get like 30+

 

i thought about 6 speed till i got an 07 civic wich is smooth on gas and rpm stay very low under normal driving but in the mountains its 6500 rpm and my tc goes that same route without down shifting, so i trully enjoy my tc for it's torque and gearing more now.

 

6spd is only good on cars that can rev really high... you can take advantage more of the gearing up and down shifting...

5 gears is fine. NOW if you change the gearing ratios and final drive on the stock e35 tranny thats a whole other story that would be more beneficial then just a 6spd.

 

mark my words - IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.

do you know how much research, development, and testing and not to mention $$$ went into the 5 speed for our cars??!! ALOT

 

you think thats bad? drive a 5 speed 1 gen xB. 70 MPH at a screaming and gas robbing 4000 RPM's

yeah i think I need the 6th gear

 

Only thing I'd like to see is for them to change the gear ratio for 1st. I've driven and raced a lot of different cars over the years...and wouldn't mind seeing toyota slightly change the ratio on 1st for the tC's. would be a lot smoother in my opinion

 

lol, CORVETTE????

its a 1.5L, lol dont worry bout it

and quit whining ppl, lol my truck has a 3spd auto

 

its bad when you avg 28 highway. the speed limit is 70 down here on the interstate and some state highways. its hard to keep up :-(