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Well the one I took a photo of is most certainly a Mazda MX-5 gearbox as fitted to the MX-5 sports car!


The box fitted in the Three Wheeler is the same as can be seen by this photo

Thanks

Probably the 6th gear !!!!!

The MX5 has two gearboxes. One a 5 speed on the 1.8 car and the 2.0 ltr base model and the other a six speed on the 2.0ltr sport tech and the paddle shift automatic.

eddie

So they use a new gearbox since the beginning of the year in the 4/4.
Do the gear ratios stay the same as last year's when I did the testdrive?
Especially 5th gear: Is it still "just an overdrive"?

The 5th gear ratio is different. The ratio was 0.76:1 on the old box and as far as I can see from the attached figures...which relate to the Australian market MX-5 but probably the same as the European spec, they are different. Interesting that they also use a 4.1:1 final drive ratio on some models.



The top gear speeds per revs is interesting too.

Wow, that's some thorough information!
Thanks!