Help with 5th gear? Accerlation stops in 5th
 

I've got 3.73's and they are awesome 1-4, but if I shift into 5th, even at high rpms, the car just feels like it falls on its face. Why is that and is there anything I can do to change it? Also, if I'm cruising in 5th on the hwy, I feel like I HAVE to shift to pass people, its pathetic.

Thanks

RE: Help with 5th gear? Accerlation stops in 5th
 

because 5th is like a .60-something gear ratio

it is the over-drive of your transmission, not designed to accelerate by any means..

RE: Help with 5th gear? Accerlation stops in 5th
 

You need more power.

RE: Help with 5th gear? Accerlation stops in 5th
 

when the trans is in overdrive torque decreases as RPM increases, so theres just not much acceleration. downshift to forth, let the ricers your passing hear what a real car sounds like!

RE: Help with 5th gear? Accerlation stops in 5th
 

yep, with H/C/I and nitrous my 5th gear pulls like my buddies 4th gear and he is stock with 5psi boost.

RE: Help with 5th gear? Accerlation stops in 5th
 

hes just trying to sell some stuff lol.

RE: Help with 5th gear? Accerlation stops in 5th
 

thats the way it is on all of our cars. Besides nitrous man. Thats good anyway. Highway miles. And you dont hit 5th gear in the quarter mile anyway. Who needs it.

RE: Help with 5th gear? Accerlation stops in 5th
 

cruising gear, and prolly end of power band on those stock heads

RE: Help with 5th gear? Accerlation stops in 5th
 

I still have good accel in fifth with my 3.73s. Motor is internally stock. If you max out 4th then go to 5th it lays down? Mine pulls right up to 130 mph or so, that's off the spray too. Maybe you clutch is starting to slip. Do the rpms go up but without your speed increasing? Clutches tend to show trouble in the highest gear at first. The load is the highest there.

RE: Help with 5th gear? Accerlation stops in 5th
 

my fifth isnt too bad at all..i have 3.73's too