longer 5th gear

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Originally Posted by curik

I've just noticed that a lower number for final drive means higher top speed. I thought it was the otherwise. That means TRD actually makes a longer final drive for the yaris, albeit it has been discontinued.

http://trdparts.jp/english/list_race-mis_ncp13.html. Look at the gearing chart, stock maxes around 220, and the TRD maxes at almost 250. These are theoretical max speed however..

Those are the final gear ratios I was talking about. They used to make a longer and shorter ration for the C56 on the 1st gen TS.

However, getting a longer ratio for a yaris TS seems detrimental in my opinion. That unless you are going forced inductioction, in this case the longer ratios would be awesome.

One of the reasons why a 1st gen TS is so peppy and fun to drive even with its 106 hp is because of the close ratio transmission. If you take that away you are making it into an ECHO...

You would loose acceleration only to drop a couple hundred RPM's at highway speed. The TS is not exactly a cruiser... so I say leave it alone.