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Old 12-12-2020, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by t walgamuth View Post
anybody know what the rear end ratio is on this car? ....what about a five speed manual swap? Six speed swap? If all that fails then an od automatic that will bolt in?
W124 300TD n/a automatic: 3.07

Overdrive will make the car too slow in top gear.

That's a good ratio especially since the n/a 617 had 3.46

and the 5 speed manual version had a 3.67 ratio so even MB thought that a 3.07 with a 5 speed would be too tall for a na 603.
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