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Yeah the problem seems to be Toyotas lack of foresight that i may want to play and need 4.9 ratio in my car, I'm guessing if you haven't heard of it peter, it probably hasn't been done/not possible, the only thing i can think of is to run the jdm 4.176 ratio and run 14'' rims, it just minimizes list...

I'm Building a hillclimb car and want to offset the weight of the car with super short gearing to get it pulling out of the corners better 4.9fd ratio gives me perfect first through to fourth ratios, the only thing I can find anywhere on the net is a polish guy running a final drive from a rav4 (4.9...

Does anyone know of a alternative final drive ratios that can be fitted to the s54 gearbox, ideally around 4.9?

That's a lot of Garnish on that,
Anyone who knows cars will just see it and think ''What a tw*t'' about the Driver

poor earthing? the loud click was the starter solenoid

that's a last resort really, just tell him to look in his ''17th edition in service emissions standard'' book as supplied by vosa to all test stations (or online) page 5 paragraph 5.
knowledge is power!

just been talking about this situation, check it out in the mechanical section
thread ''japspeed decat''

I see you're local to me if you ask your tester to contact paul stagnell at vosa wetherby who will be his regional vehicle examiner he will be able to explain the situation on grey imports and cat tests,

Fom vosa '17th edition in service emissions standards' book this is in regards to import car built between these dates. Some passenger cars first used during the “transition” period (i.e. 1 August 1992 to 1 August 1995) were not required to be manufactured to the EC standards requiring advanced emis...

sorry caps lock was on,
yes 'bent' is what i meant, sympathetic sounds nicer though

AS FROM LAST YEAR THE MOT TEST REQUIRES THE TESTER TO CHECK FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE CAT ON ALL UK VEHICLES FIRST USED ON OR AFTER 1ST AUG 1992, SO SHOULD FAIL UNLESS YOU CAN FIND A SYMPATHETIC TESTER.