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Old 09-28-2006, 07:43 PM
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Thinking about finally putting some gears and longtubes/OR Pipe on my car. What's a realistic expectation of ET reduction with these? My car has run a best of 12.81 in horrible weather on street tires.
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my car is not as fast as yours, but i gained a WHOLE lot with my 3.73s. i didn't make it to the track until after i got the gears, but i notice a big difference just from driving it. i've had some good races cuz of those gears.
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Forgot to mention, i'll be running DRs. Not wasting my time on radials anymore.
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Your fast already with that convertor but with those two mods I'm
guessing~ 12.3-12.4
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My car went from 12.33 @ 115 to 11.89 @ 118 with just adding LG Pro LTs and a tune by THE MAN!!! I have not made any real pprogress in ETs by going from 342 to 390s but it has been hot as ***** down here. Come one fall!
BLUFF I say .4 in ET and 3 MPH?
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headers around 15 hp, gears at most probably 1 tenth, headers and tune anywhere from 20-25hp, so max i would say .3 .35 tenths
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i dont know man! i picked up a hair over 3 tenths and 3mph!!!.....went from a 13.0 @ 106 or 7......to.......12.6 @ 109+.......had 3.23, switched to 3.73's.....best mod by far ive did other then the converter....
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I went about 3 tenths faster when I added 3.73 and LTs.
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Originally Posted by ILLSMOKQ
i dont know man! i picked up a hair over 3 tenths and 3mph!!!.....went from a 13.0 @ 106 or 7......to.......12.6 @ 109+.......had 3.23, switched to 3.73's.....best mod by far ive did other then the converter....

gears dont add mph think about it...they are not a hp mod they are an et mod...they do not increase hp...obviously weather conditions were different. i mean you are saying if i add gears to my car it will mph 118mph , trust me on this one 3.23's to 3.73's will not gain 3mph




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