Ive been thinking about gears for a while (02 GT 5spd) but never really made up my mind. I could care less about highway RPM's since with 4.10'a I would at 2330, not to mention ive been driving @ 3000 RPM recently and actually getting better mileage.
What does freak me out is comfort, I like to shift around 2500-3000 RPM, with 4.10's wouldn't I be shifting like every second? Even stock 1st gear is already pretty short. So i imagine id shift every 1-2 seconds, then reach around 45 MPH and be in fifth gear the rest of the time..... is it just me or does that almost completely ruin the fun of having a 5spd? Im going to be in 5th most of the time, no downshifting, not really much time to wind out the gears (unless you go to really high RPMs)... its almost like I have an automatic.
Also, I hear you have to be really light on the throttle or you get wheelspin.. again that sucks, I don't like to have to worry about giving it a bit too much gas every now and then,... not to mention I often parallel park on hills.
Id love to have the pull that I hear they give but I don't know if it's really worth it over all these things, I'm not into any kind of racing and will never go to the track, I just like having a nice car.... I just use it for cruising around pretty much.
So what do you think? Would 4.10's get on my nerves?
What does freak me out is comfort, I like to shift around 2500-3000 RPM, with 4.10's wouldn't I be shifting like every second? Even stock 1st gear is already pretty short. So i imagine id shift every 1-2 seconds, then reach around 45 MPH and be in fifth gear the rest of the time..... is it just me or does that almost completely ruin the fun of having a 5spd? Im going to be in 5th most of the time, no downshifting, not really much time to wind out the gears (unless you go to really high RPMs)... its almost like I have an automatic.
Also, I hear you have to be really light on the throttle or you get wheelspin.. again that sucks, I don't like to have to worry about giving it a bit too much gas every now and then,... not to mention I often parallel park on hills.
Id love to have the pull that I hear they give but I don't know if it's really worth it over all these things, I'm not into any kind of racing and will never go to the track, I just like having a nice car.... I just use it for cruising around pretty much.
So what do you think? Would 4.10's get on my nerves?