squelchy451
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- Tim
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- 2014 VW GTI (RIP)
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Who here has extensive experience with Si equipped with the old 4.1 and the new 4.4 final drive ratio?
I might get a Civic Si in several months, and the depreciation is so small that it makes more sense to just cough up a little more for a new one, but the only gripe I have about the 2020+ models is the 4.4 final drive ratio.
The 4.1 final drive ratio would have been perfect for me--it puts 80 mph just under 3,000 RPM and the ratios are right between my 2007 GTI and the 2017 Mazda 3, but the 4.4 makes it even taller than my 2007 GTI. Granted, I only got sick of the gear ratios on my mk5 GTI due to having stiffer mounts and single mass flywheel, neither of which I plan on adding for the Civic Si...
For those of you who had both cars, do you find youself preferring one final drive ratio over the other?
Thanks,
Tim
I might get a Civic Si in several months, and the depreciation is so small that it makes more sense to just cough up a little more for a new one, but the only gripe I have about the 2020+ models is the 4.4 final drive ratio.
The 4.1 final drive ratio would have been perfect for me--it puts 80 mph just under 3,000 RPM and the ratios are right between my 2007 GTI and the 2017 Mazda 3, but the 4.4 makes it even taller than my 2007 GTI. Granted, I only got sick of the gear ratios on my mk5 GTI due to having stiffer mounts and single mass flywheel, neither of which I plan on adding for the Civic Si...
For those of you who had both cars, do you find youself preferring one final drive ratio over the other?
Thanks,
Tim
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