Six Speed in a 6GC Options

[Fastbird]

I've heard talk of people thinking about it but have never seen any factual attempts. These things need a sixth gear.

I was pondering, and it probably wouldn't be toooooooo terribly difficult to have a bell housing adapter made for something like a 7th gen and then have a custom input shaft in a longer length made.

Are there any other ideas floating around out there?

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Yeah, our cars really need a 6th gear or a much longer final drive....Unless you want to keep your engine at full hoot on a long trip at speed its going to get really old. Theres been countless times when I drive my car on the highway that I wish at around 80 I could shift into a 6th gear and be doing about 80mph at 3k or so.

Also consider this....When youre cruising at 4k RPMs theres so much unneccesary friction that you'll probably comsume more oil, and the second you lift off the throttle it becomes massive ammounts of vacuum that'll suck oil the PCV and such, not to mention the higher temps at cruising speeds. I never liked it about my GT, but unfortunately the only fixes would be VERY expensive.

The best solution is probably E153 from a Camry, MR2, or Solara. It's OEM and affordable, and is probably as good as we can get to having a cost-efficient transmission that is good for cruising on the highway. If we could get a transmission that was custom geared though, that would be sick.....Theres places that can do such work but it'll cost a ton of money.