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Just make sure the ratio difference is something you can live with.
Your car almost certainly has a 3.58 ratio. I can't swear to this but as far as I know the 3.2s have either a 3.77 or 4.08 ratio. Hopefully someone will chime in to verify.
Going from 3.58 isn't too dramatic but a leap to 4.08 (or whatever it is) might be a bit much. If you do much highway driving you'll probably lose a fair bit of fuel economy due to higher engine rpm. I'm guessing about 400 rpm at 70 mph.
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DD
Your car almost certainly has a 3.58 ratio. I can't swear to this but as far as I know the 3.2s have either a 3.77 or 4.08 ratio. Hopefully someone will chime in to verify.
Going from 3.58 isn't too dramatic but a leap to 4.08 (or whatever it is) might be a bit much. If you do much highway driving you'll probably lose a fair bit of fuel economy due to higher engine rpm. I'm guessing about 400 rpm at 70 mph.
Cheers
DD
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Yeah, this is pretty much the same info that the expert gave me. My current diff should have a 3.54 ratio and the donor car 4.08 (he'll check it first).
Factory rebuilt diff is something like 2000 euros here, so that's out of the question and even rebuilding the old diff is something that the local shops are reluctant to do...
But it doesn't matter much to me, because most of my driving is short runs in the city area.
Factory rebuilt diff is something like 2000 euros here, so that's out of the question and even rebuilding the old diff is something that the local shops are reluctant to do...
But it doesn't matter much to me, because most of my driving is short runs in the city area.
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