VT_Maverick's 5 Speed Swap

[Etfren]

Another nice thing about the manual swap is getting a better crawl ratio because the AR5 has a lower first gear than our auto.

Stock VX crawl ratio: 2.86 (1st) x 2.48 (T-case) x 4.30 (axles)= 30.5

Manual VX crawl ratio: 3.75 (1st) x 2.48 (T-case) x 4.30 (axles)=39.9

Sounds like the difference is noticable???

Yup, its got a super low first gear. I haven't wheeled much in a stock VX, but I can tell you I was going down a really steep hill at about 3-4 MPH just letting it cruise down in 1st. Going uphill it pulls really well too.

If you can take a picture of the diagrams it would be great. I can take all the information I can get at this point. If nothing else to make sure I am thinking correctly.

I'll see what I can do today and put them up in my gallery.