Hi, Was wondering if anybody has an idea on how to get more gear ratio for lower highway cruising rpm....(not the bigger front tire idea) I have an 87 FX-16, manual trans. I know this 4AG can handle more rear gear, but it's geared for crawling along at 55 mph back in the 80's..... Thanks

swap the final drive gear for something smaller. I don't know what final drive gear size they had but on the AE86 it has a 4.3 stock. You can go with something around 4.1 or even smaller. You will sacrifice torque by doing this though.

Yeah I'm with Aukword. I think your best bet would be finding a smaller final drive. Surely there's an option out there for the fwd/mr2 guys out there. I know all the b-series honda dudes would swap the 5th gear out of LS integras since they're longer, but idk what thats like for the fwd 4age guys.

...wrong forum section?

Doesn't the FX16 come with a C series FWD trans? What about a Blacktop 6 speed? I don't know anything about the C series, like the gearing for that 6 speed. Just throwing that out there.

you could start here...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_C_transmission

Remember... wiki can be wrong... so any info should be corroborated

You could source a transaxle from a 4AC Corolla, they were geared taller. It kind of takes the fun out of the 4AGE though, the 4AGE isn't a torque monster and it dogs down low. I had to use a 4AC transaxle for a while as I rebuilt my FX16 one and it wasn't as fun.