RedWS601

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What exactly do 4.11 gears do or even better what do different gears do? Call me a newb, or an idiot I don't care I just want to know. and I know the search won't find "purpose of gears".


Thanx for your patience.

mrr23

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it makes the vehicle accelerate quicker. it also cuts the top speed down. think like a 10 speed bike. it's real easy to start off in 1st gear (4.10) but real hard to try and start peddling from a dead stop in 10th gear (2.73) and the reverse. you peddle you butt off in 1st and don't go very fast. in 10th, you don't peddle near as much and go lots faster. it's a balance of what gear is best for your application. currently i'm running 4.10 gears. i had 3.23. with the 3.23 i had a best of 1.85 ish 60ft. with the 4.10, my best is 1.709 so far.

RedWS601

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So I will see a better 1/4 mile? Also is this good for a daily driver?

Thanx for the input!

UL LOSE

Youll definitley see a 1/4 e.t. and mph gain. My 4.10s alone got me .3 tenths and 3 mph.If you have an A4 you wanna put a stall in with the gear. Together theyll give you a full second in the 1/4. I have 4.10s in my daily driver. I love'em. If you drive on the interstate a lot then you want 3.73s. But in the city 4.10s are actually better on gas then the factory 3.23 gear. Is your car a A4 or M6? This makes a big difference when choosing which gear to go with. As far as the "purpose" of gears. Basically the higher the number, the more acceleration it'll have. The lower the number, the more top end it'll have. But the "smaller" the gear the higher number (like 4.10) The "taller" the gear the lower the number.(like 3.23) I sometimes over-explain myself! lol
Hope i was of help.

Somebody09

What'd you do with the 3.23s? And what condition are they in? I wanna go higher than 2.73s but not 3.42s. It's still a daily driver for now...

-somebody

RedWS601

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the car is a M6 and I would say 120 miles a month are freeway.

94greencamaro

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Since you have a m6, 4.10s will barely hurt gas milage (maybe 1 or 2 mpg) and will give you a lot better acceleration. You wont be dissapointed at all

RedWS601

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So I gain acceleration but lose top end? no more reaching 140 easily?

UL LOSE

With a M6 get the 4.10s. when I said 3.73s above for highway use i meant for an A4. Dont worry about top end. I have an A4 with 4.10s and ive still hit 155mph a number of times. At 155mph it was running about 5600rpms,if i recall correctly. And OD is good to 6500rpm. I still had almost 1000rpms left! So theres still plenty of top end to go around. Plus youre in a M6 so you should have more top end anyway.

ActionJack

When I was deciding on gears I used this site to help determine where my new shift points would be and such:

http://www.f-body.org/gears/

RedWS601

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all right one more thing, thanx for the info by the way, with 4.10 gears that means i'll be hitting 50+ mph on first gear or less? I know 1st gear hits 50 on stock cars

s346k

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at 6200 with a 26" tire i hit 40 mph with 410 gears. of course this was in a 94 z, so i'm assuming that 1st gear hasn't changed that much...

s346k

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i also remember not being able to get it into 5th at the track, so i CRAMMED it back into 4th and bounced rl through the traps...106.75 mph. top of 4th with 26" tire.

UL LOSE

1st gear should be way done before 50mph. I would say 38mph to 40mph as S346K stated. He was also running 6200rpms and taller tires which make the axle ratio taller. So probably would be done at 35mph with the 6000rpm redline.

blue01ta

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Your 60' times in a stick car will probably be slower if you are running street tires. You will have traction issues. If you are running slicks you will need to be careful not to launch too hard if you still have a 10 bolt rear. Stick cars tend to tear them apart very quickly. The seem to hold up well behind the autos though.

jRaskell

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In an M6 you'll still have no problem reaching 140mph. It'll be even easier than with the stock gearing. You will top out at around 150mph in 5th though, where as with stock gearing you'll hit the 162mph speed limiter at right around 5300RPM in 5th.

mrr23

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garbage. they wouldn't fit your carrier. you have a 2 series carrier. 2.73 to 3.08 mine are 3 series factory. 3.23 to 3.73 gears. you will need to get a gear for a 2 series carrier. or buy a 3 series carrier and gears for a 3 series carrier.