Regearing transmission 5th gear?

[echo-francis]

no offense but you guys are wrong with the ''you will burn more gas if you lower your gear ratio because your engine will work harder''

lets take a look a some trans really built for fuel economy.

92-95 Civic CX/VX 1) 3.250 2) 1.761 3) 1.066 4) 0.853) 5) 0.702 final) 3.250

00-06 honda insight 1) 3.461 2) 1.750 3) 1.096 4) 0.857 5) 0.710 final) 3.208

those cars have less power then ours and there are more exemples of cars like that

and if you look at bsfc maps you will understand that a engine working harder is more efficient