Review: 4.57s in an 05
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Just installed 4.44s. No whine at all. My installer has done about 20 S2000 diffs and of those 20, 6 were for the 4.57 Richmond Gears. He says all Richmond Gears have a 50/50 chance of getting the whine. Out of the 6 4.57s diff they had to reinstall 1 set because of whine. He personally does not like Richmond gears. His shop does diffs all day for 4x4 trucks and he says this is nothing new for Richmond gears.
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Originally Posted by low_beyond,Jun 23 2005, 09:53 AM
I'm on the fence about ordering these...
Can you elaborate on "still noisy, yet tolerable" ?
Can you elaborate on "still noisy, yet tolerable" ?
however, between my invidia and the gears, i love the sounds. doesn't bother me one bit.
my invidia is louder than my gears.
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[QUOTE=reds2,Jun 23 2005, 01:21 PM] Just installed 4.44s. No whine at all. My installer has done about 20 S2000 diffs and of those 20, 6 were for the 4.57 Richmond Gears. He says all Richmond Gears have a 50/50 chance of getting the whine. Out of the 6 4.57s diff they had to reinstall 1 set because of whine.
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Amazing threads that I found while searching for gears:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.ph...=120113&st=100
Somewhat interesting debate whether gears will help going beyond ~33mph (amazing graphs!)
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.ph...=120113&st=100
Somewhat interesting debate whether gears will help going beyond ~33mph (amazing graphs!)
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This may bee a dumb n00b question - but I was playing around with the gear calc and wondered if anyone ever went the other direction with their gearing? Say like a 3.80 or so.
I could see some benefit on only having 1 shift between 0-60mph (that's one way that Audi's get's their 0-100kmph times, 62mph at redline in second).
The other thing I was thinking of: As far as top end goes, wouldn't you rather be drag limited rather than gearing limited? Because if you're drag limited, then you just add more power, right?
I could see some benefit on only having 1 shift between 0-60mph (that's one way that Audi's get's their 0-100kmph times, 62mph at redline in second).
The other thing I was thinking of: As far as top end goes, wouldn't you rather be drag limited rather than gearing limited? Because if you're drag limited, then you just add more power, right?
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Originally Posted by DavidVTHokie,Jun 24 2005, 09:26 AM
This may bee a dumb n00b question - but I was playing around with the gear calc and wondered if anyone ever went the other direction with their gearing? Say like a 3.80 or so.
I could see some benefit on only having 1 shift between 0-60mph (that's one way that Audi's get's their 0-100kmph times, 62mph at redline in second).
The other thing I was thinking of: As far as top end goes, wouldn't you rather be drag limited rather than gearing limited? Because if you're drag limited, then you just add more power, right?
I could see some benefit on only having 1 shift between 0-60mph (that's one way that Audi's get's their 0-100kmph times, 62mph at redline in second).
The other thing I was thinking of: As far as top end goes, wouldn't you rather be drag limited rather than gearing limited? Because if you're drag limited, then you just add more power, right?
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