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Did 02 camaros ever come with 3.73s?

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Old 04-05-2005, 11:33 PM
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Default Did 02 camaros ever come with 3.73s?

I have an 02 Z28 with a m6..I'm pretty sure I have 3.73 gears but I aint sure if they were put in, or if they came that way. I bought the car from a dealership with 26k miles and it had only one owner previously. I also know for a fact the speedo reads correctly. So are these stock? or were they put in and was the cpu recalibrated for the change in the speedo?
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No, M6s only came with 3.42s. If you do have 3.73s, then they were put in aftermarket and the speedo was recalibrated. What makes you think you have 3.73s?
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at 1500 rpms im doing about 60mph..at 2000 rpms im going bout 80(in 6th gear)

I used a mph calculator and those numbers are only achievable with 3.73 gears.
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M6 here with 3.42's. At 2k rpms in 6th I'm right at 80mph. You must have used the wrong numbers.
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maybe..i used this site here http://www.f-body.org/gears/
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just used another calulator...with a 3.73 rear, a .50 6th gear and a 25.68 inch tire(315/35/17) mph would be 82 mph.
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Your tire size is smaller than my stock SS wheels...
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arent stock SS tires 275/40/17s? thats pretty much identical in height to a 315/35/17
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Sorry, I read your post wrong.
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ahhh whats the deal then! according to my calculations i should have 3.73s..! is it that our tachs are way off or something??




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