Why isnt there a 6th gear on the new Transit ?

[ChuckH]

Why isnt there a 6th gear on the new Transit ? I drove My new 260 130 BHP Transit up to Scotland and back this week and bloody good it was BUT I was constantly looking for another gear !! The motor is extremely flexible and could easily pull another ratio thereby cutting the revs and making long haul jouneys (730 miles in a day ! ) that much better !

[becky]

there is a 6th gear on the new tranny....but only on certain models

[Guy88]

I think its on higher output RWD

[ChuckH]

The 2.4 RWD Has a 6th gear My van is the 2.2 TDCI 130 bhp varient so with 130 horses it could easily use a 6 speeder !!! I mean FFS the renaults have em !! Economy would be better as well !!

PS the 2.4 is 135 bhp

[madmark]

what final drive ratio did you get ?????? there are 2 one for towing and the other for motorway!
4.23 motorway
4.54 towing i think this aplied to the mk6

[ChuckH]

Didnt know there was a choise Mate !!!!

[madmark]

i was carefull not to get the towing one as it would show more revs ,you might have the 4.23 what revs are you dooing at 70mph ?????i will check mine later and let you know,do you have a gps???? this will tell you the correct speedsome transits are out ,mine was till i went to 16inch wheels
mark

[Luke]

do any of the fwd 100ps's have 6 gears

[AndyG]

It makes NO difference mate as the final ratio is the same

You simply have an extra gear to play with


Like madmark says, it's down to your diff

[motorwise]

is it not an overdrive then?

[madmark]

as andyg says its just a extra gear in the box, mine still tows very well i am glad i didnt for for the towing diff!
when i was going for the very last hallmark off the line this had the wrong diff thats why i left it and bourt this one !

[AndyG]

as andyg says its just a extra gear in the box, mine still tows very well i am glad i didnt for for the towing diff!
when i was going for the very last hallmark off the line this had the wrong diff thats why i left it and bourt this one !

You did the right thing there madmark

Hence you can talk to your passengers at 70mph

[ChuckH]

3000 RPM is 80 MPH and the van is nice and quet But a 6th (higher) gear would realy help on longer journeys To be honest most of My stuff is not motorway But there is no doubt that another sort of overdrive gear would realy pay dividends !

[MrMPuk]

3000 RPM is 80 MPH and the van is nice and quet But a 6th (higher) gear would realy help on longer journeys To be honest most of My stuff is not motorway But there is no doubt that another sort of overdrive gear would realy pay dividends !

As above, it's not an extra gear you want it's a different diff.

[belly]

does the diff differ on fwd versions aswell then?