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Old 07-06-2008, 04:43 PM
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Well i gotta T56 and just bought a 9" but it has 5.11 gears in it... Is that streetable? Will i be shifting like a GSX-R?...Or should i sell them and go with 4.11?

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5.11? wow, what size tire, whats the car used for?
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WOW do you wanna Rock crawl or drag race geese! Deffinatley take those out for some 4.11's if your driving it on the street.
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Thats way too much gear! You'd be out of gear at the 8th mile. You would have to run 30+" tall tires and spin the motor up really high (7k+ rpms) to make use of those gears.
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all I gotta say is...............SHIFT!!! Then I would dump them for a set of 4.30's but depending on what you have done for mods, this might make you have to run a 28" tall tire. When I get my 9 inch I think I am going to go to a 4.30 and I will still be able to run NA on a 26 tall tire, but if and when I put the jugg to it I will need a 28 tall tire.
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5.11's.....whoa. You could shift into sixth at like 35mph.
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WOW do you wanna Rock crawl or drag race geese! Deffinatley take those out for some 4.11's if your driving it on the street.
"Drag Race Geese" ........................[those are VERY low gears]
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We have a 9" with a 5.44 gear and a 28X10.5X15. It is awesome. Doesn't care what gear I leave in. We use to drive on the street with a 5.0 gear. Bad gas mileage.

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Originally Posted by MaddMan97
Well i gotta T56 and just bought a 9" but it has 5.11 gears in it... Is that streetable? Will i be shifting like a GSX-R?...Or should i sell them and go with 4.11?

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wat is your set up? (cam, heads,nitrious, etc.) daily driver or mostly race?
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Im running 4.56's with a 28" tire. That gives me 132mph in the 1/4 at 7200rpm.

I may be running 4.88's in the future, but 5.11's is just nutty!
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Originally Posted by Six Speeds Inc.
We have a 9" with a 5.44 gear and a 28X10.5X15. It is awesome. Doesn't care what gear I leave in. We use to drive on the street with a 5.0 gear. Bad gas mileage.

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dont you rev to 9,000?
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coach used to run that gear with 30" tires. you might want to pm about it.
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itsa 9 inch..just add em to the collection lol...just get u variable sets..and keep the 5.11's if ur track switches up to 1/8th.
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Originally Posted by bad6as
dont you rev to 9,000?
Nope try 9900RPMS of FUN. We will be uping the anti and trying for 10,300 next weekend in Joliet

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no way how do you keep that thing together !!! thats awesome i have to see the video on that run
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