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Gear Ratio?????

zerogt86

FIA World Rally Car Champion
I was playing gt4 awhile ago, and i noticed that the Mk V gti seemed to have the same gear ratio for 4 and 5. I figured this was a mistake in the game, but today i was looking at the car and driver article comparing the civic si to the gti. In the magazine, it lists the gear ratios as 1.08 for 4th and 1.09 for 5th. Why would the VW engineers make the gear ratios so close, i cant think of a good reason...

also, the car they tested in the mag was a DSG, are the ratios different between manual and DSG?
 

GTI2007

Moderator
According to the info that I saw the gear ratio's are:

DSG:

1th gear: 3.46
2nd gear: 2.15
3rd gear: 1.46
4th gear: 1.08
5th gear: 0.85
6th gear: 0.71

Manual:

1th gear: 3.36
2nd gear: 2.09
3rd gear: 1.47
4th gear: 1.10
5th gear: 0.87
6th gear: 0.73
 

NorthGTI

Rally Car Newbie
Location
Ohio
GTI2007 said:
According to the info that I saw the gear ratio's are:

DSG:

1th gear: 3.46
2nd gear: 2.15
3rd gear: 1.46
4th gear: 1.08
5th gear: 0.85
6th gear: 0.71

Manual:

1th gear: 3.36
2nd gear: 2.09
3rd gear: 1.47
4th gear: 1.10
5th gear: 0.87
6th gear: 0.73

Don't forget, the car has two different final ratios, depending on what gear you are in. See the "Specs" post at the top of the forum. The change takes place between 4th and 5th. So you need to factor that in to get the overall ratio.

TRANSMISSION: 6 Speed Manual, 6-Speed DSG (Dual Clutch Auto-Manual)
GEAR RATIOS:
Manual DSG
1 3.36 3.46
2 2.09 2.15
3 1.47 1.46
4 1.10 1.08
5 1.11 1.09
6 0.93 0.92
R 3.99 3.99
Final Gear Ratio (Gears 1-4)
3.94 4.06
Final Gear Ratio (Gears 5 & 6)
3.09 3.14
 
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