What do you think of your 6-speed gearing?
What do you think of your 6-speed gearing?
I've got two choices within the Benz 6-speed context:
716.663/668
4.46 2.61 1.72 1.25 1.00 0.84 with between-gear drops of 0.41 0.34 0.27 0.20 0.16
716.657
5.01 2.83 1.79 1.26 1.00 0.83 with between-gear drops of 0.44 0.37 0.30 0.20 0.17
I've driven vehicles with too much spacing between gears (NP435, Honda Insight) and too little (Porsche 987 or 981, BMW 53BZ). Both are problems, the former perhaps worse. My intuition slightly favors the closer-ratio box, but I've too little experience driving an OM606 to have much of an opinion; what's yours?
Do you drive an OM606 with a 6-speed? What is your transmission, your powerband (stock 1600-3800 or something else), what is your final drive ratio, and what is your opinion on the gear spacing? If it's in something other than a ~1500kg sedan or wagon, please specify weight as well.
I've got two choices within the Benz 6-speed context:
716.663/668
4.46 2.61 1.72 1.25 1.00 0.84 with between-gear drops of 0.41 0.34 0.27 0.20 0.16
716.657
5.01 2.83 1.79 1.26 1.00 0.83 with between-gear drops of 0.44 0.37 0.30 0.20 0.17
I've driven vehicles with too much spacing between gears (NP435, Honda Insight) and too little (Porsche 987 or 981, BMW 53BZ). Both are problems, the former perhaps worse. My intuition slightly favors the closer-ratio box, but I've too little experience driving an OM606 to have much of an opinion; what's yours?
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