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Overall Final drive difference is less than 1% (archive)
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Posted by Jeff on January 21, 2002 at 16:14:34:

In Reply to: 95 is easiest to mod posted by DEmmm-m3 on January 20, 2002 at 15:17:52:

If you take into consideration the difference in tire circumference between the 245 ('96+) and the 235 ('95), the overall ratio difference is less than 1% (basically the difference between new tires and tires with 25% tread left)


Also the cheapest, but because of age, will generally have more miles. They are all great cars, just depends on what ytou want to do with it.

The 96+ cars have the 3.2l engine and also a 3.23 (vs. 3.15 in the 95) rear. The lower RPM torque curve and the rear ratio make the 96+ cars a good bit quicker off the line. In the upper rpm range, my 95 kills the OBDII cars.

If you are not going to want to do serious modifications to the engine of the car, 96+ is fine. With those, your most cost-effective option is supercharging.




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