Camry gearbox ratios Options

[Euphoria]

Hey, I recently picked up an S54 gearbox and not realizing when I first got it that it had a different mount on it, I looked it up on the parts database and its out of a camry, I specifically said "Are you sure its not out of a camry?" and they said it was definitely from a celica, yet the warranty is now up.

My question is does anyone know the ratios of the S54 out of a camry, guessing 90-2000 model, I've always loved how 1st and 2nd are short and am not looking forward to long gears which I suspect.

Also I'm only guessing its an S54, it looks exactly the same apart from the mount, maybe its an S53? If so, anyone any clue on the ratios?

Thanks.

This post has been edited by Euphoria: Nov 12, 2010 - 10:39 AM

[azian_advanced]

gear ratios are basically the rotating speed of the faster gear divided by the rotating speed of the slower gear. for cars it's the speed of the output gear (or shaft) divided by the speed of the input gear. with higher gear ratios, you can achieve higher output speeds (or driving speeds) with less input speed (or less engine RPM).

higher gear ratios have a large gear compared to the smaller gear. the smaller gear rotates faster than the larger gear but because its diameter is smaller, it has less 'leverage' to force it to spin so it requires more engine power to turn it. for racing you want small gear ratios for acceleration.. but obviously you don't want to run out of gears before the end of the run.