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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Technical Discussion - Beginner / Repair => Topic started by: beachbum1a on April 01, 2010, 08:05:11 AM
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Ok, here's my first post.
I just bought a "89" 2 dr sidekick that originally had a automatic transmission in it. A previous owner swapped the enging & tranny out with one from a "94" Suzuki that had a 5 speed manual tranny. My question is how is this transmission change going to effect the MPH that's indicated on my speedometer (and the odometer too).
There is a note in the cars file that he gave me that says the automatic tranny has a ratio of 4.625. Also that the manual one has a ratio of 5.125.
Too much for me!
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Here is a good site for building your gearing out to see how it is affected:
http://www.solemnwarning.net/transmission/ (http://www.solemnwarning.net/transmission/)
If you are running stock tires you should be about 10% slow on your speedometer/odometer. I would use a GPS to verify though.
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If it's the indicated speed you're interested in, get a GPS and check it - because at this point all you know is that the engine & transmission has been swapped. Did the PO swap the front & rear axles (or the ring & pinion gears) also? Did he swap the transfer case (assuming 4WD) or the speedometer drive gear?
Unless you know exactly what was swapped - it'll be probably easier to get a GPS and measure it.
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If the axles were changed, then you need the speedo drive gear
from a manual trans T-case, if the axles were not changed then
the speedo is not affected.
The GPS will tell you if there is a change needed, as will a roadside radar
with a speed display
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The use of a GPS sounds like the way to go. I borrowed a handheld unit from a friend and will run some tests today and report back. Thanks (should have thought of it myself!)