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GTRS Fiero

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Re: Transmission comparison
« Reply #15 on: March 08, 2017, 06:34:44 pm »
My Escort was gasoline.  A real dog off the line.  You just about needed to be moving before letting out the clutch in first, but peppy around 70.
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Re: Transmission comparison
« Reply #16 on: March 08, 2017, 08:23:33 pm »
Melanie had an '83 Mercury Lynx Hatchback, which was the same as the Escort.  HO engine and 5-speed.  It did pretty good.  Good acceleration as I remember. 
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Re: Transmission comparison
« Reply #17 on: May 10, 2019, 09:51:03 pm »
Quote from: TopNotch on March 06, 2017, 08:44:22 pm
They only dove the Getrag on that Motortrend show. The Isuzu is actually a pretty good transmission. The only complaint I have about it is that 2nd gear is too "tall". You have to wind up 1st pretty far to get into the power curve in 2nd, but if you wind up in 2nd, you're already 1/2 way through 3rd.

I looked all over the RFTH threads for this post, last month.  Never could find it with search, either.
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