od is your final drive gear.
lowers your rpms
saves gas
once you get up to speed turn it on ur rpms go down
4th gear is 1:1 for every 1 rpm in to the
tranny, 1 rpm comes out.
5th gear is 1:X (X= 5th gear) witch means for every 1 rpm put in its miltiplied and output by the final gear.
lets say first gear in 2000 RPM out 1000
second in 2000 out 1300
third in 2000 out 1600
fourth in 2000 out 2000
fifth in 2000 out 2300
as you can see since more is comeing out than comeing in your makeing positive power to gas ratios
more rpms mean higher speed, but with less gas
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i have yet to find some one else who when changing their oil ( every 2000 miles or when they get bored ) details the under side of their car.
X-C April 2010,Heads, Cam,Internals April 2011, or blown engine, witch ever comes first.
The transformation has begun!