Quote Originally Posted by solblu View Post
It's night and day. The si tranny has a 4.2 final where the dx has a 3.72. That alone makes acceleration completely different. Add the shorter gears and it's alot quicker on acceleration. As to the gas mileage question. Mr bone did a comparison a few years back and found a negligible difference in the DX 5th verses the Si 5th. I have personally compared the 771 from a zc to the 702 and not noticed a change in mileage.
so the final drive must be the big difference then...all the gearing charts i saw just had 1-5 on there and i couldnt really see a big enough difference...Thanks for the info