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Old 05-12-2009, 02:10 PM
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4.5 pounds lighter than a standard gear of the same ratio
looks like it might not hold up??


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crazy!
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Badass, do you think it will be a noticeable difference? 4.5 is a lot though.
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But will it pop?
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That will go nice with an aluminum spool.
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he has a street driven car that would run 9's @ around 3300lbs and the company says he would be more then fine! He also will be adding spool over his heavy trutrac 4.30's to 5.00 gear so should pick up some
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no aluminum spool for me. went with a lightweight steel unit for street.
my weight, id abuse an aluminum one.



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