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Old 07-09-2002, 08:29 AM
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Fifth gear is just a freeway cruising gear anyhow, no reason to have a sixth gear. The t56 is big and heavy and expensive and doesn't shift all that great anyhow. With 3.73's you can do over 120 mph in fourth gear, so you will rarely grab fifth under full throttle at the end of fourth.
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