Any real gain from gears?
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What have people seen from steep gears with a stock cam? If you did a cam swap after the gears did you pick up more than you thought?
Basically do you think you were over geared and the cam basically made you gears "work"
Basically do you think you were over geared and the cam basically made you gears "work"
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A guy I know has practically the same mods as me...both of us have a 3600 stall, both y-pipe and headers, both LS6 intake, both on stock suspension, both with LS6 intake, both with nitto 555rs, he has an open Y, I have a catback. I think he put down a few more hp too, but I am not positive.
The big difference is he has a 12-bolt with 3.42s and i got a 10-bolt with 2.73s. We raced and he had a passenger. I got him off the line by a tich and pulled about a fender or half car. Somewhere in there. So I'm not seeing the difference in a gear swap.
He's run a 12.45 and i haven't run mine at the track, so we will see when I do i guess.
The big difference is he has a 12-bolt with 3.42s and i got a 10-bolt with 2.73s. We raced and he had a passenger. I got him off the line by a tich and pulled about a fender or half car. Somewhere in there. So I'm not seeing the difference in a gear swap.
He's run a 12.45 and i haven't run mine at the track, so we will see when I do i guess.
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Well i just got my stall and 4.10 in. I also am open headers have taken some weight out of the car. But it is night and day difference. The 4.10's are great even after the stall has flashed. But with the loudness and other changes its hard to pinpoint how much gears helped. From a roll im sure they helped. Im a lil hard pressed to think that they didnt give me any game.
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Well i just got my stall and 4.10 in. I also am open headers have taken some weight out of the car. But it is night and day difference. The 4.10's are great even after the stall has flashed. But with the loudness and other changes its hard to pinpoint how much gears helped. From a roll im sure they helped. Im a lil hard pressed to think that they didnt give me any game.
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When my car was stock with a stall it ran 8.32 with 2.73 gears i replaced them with 3.42 and it ran 8.21 in the 1/8
Now my car has a 440ci LSX and with 3.73 gears it ran 5.77 with a 1.36 60ft
I replaced the 3.73 with 4.11 and it went slighly better 60ft 1.32 but didnt run but a 5.78 both passes where dead on 124mph so IMO the 3.73 was a faster gear.
I am know going to a 3.42 gear this weekend and think it will pick up a bunch
Now my car has a 440ci LSX and with 3.73 gears it ran 5.77 with a 1.36 60ft
I replaced the 3.73 with 4.11 and it went slighly better 60ft 1.32 but didnt run but a 5.78 both passes where dead on 124mph so IMO the 3.73 was a faster gear.
I am know going to a 3.42 gear this weekend and think it will pick up a bunch
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When my car was stock with a stall it ran 8.32 with 2.73 gears i replaced them with 3.42 and it ran 8.21 in the 1/8
Now my car has a 440ci LSX and with 3.73 gears it ran 5.77 with a 1.36 60ft
I replaced the 3.73 with 4.11 and it went slighly better 60ft 1.32 but didnt run but a 5.78 both passes where dead on 124mph so IMO the 3.73 was a faster gear.
I am know going to a 3.42 gear this weekend and think it will pick up a bunch
Now my car has a 440ci LSX and with 3.73 gears it ran 5.77 with a 1.36 60ft
I replaced the 3.73 with 4.11 and it went slighly better 60ft 1.32 but didnt run but a 5.78 both passes where dead on 124mph so IMO the 3.73 was a faster gear.
I am know going to a 3.42 gear this weekend and think it will pick up a bunch
What do you guys think gears would do from say a 40-60 roll? Say 3.23's to 3.73's
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If you daily drive your car you dont want 410s UNLESS you do no driving on the interstate. I was 3000 at like 70 mph I believe. Gas mileage sucked. And, maybe unrelated, it blew out my tranny, which in turn fucked the rear end. GL though!
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When my car was stock with a stall it ran 8.32 with 2.73 gears i replaced them with 3.42 and it ran 8.21 in the 1/8
Now my car has a 440ci LSX and with 3.73 gears it ran 5.77 with a 1.36 60ft
I replaced the 3.73 with 4.11 and it went slighly better 60ft 1.32 but didnt run but a 5.78 both passes where dead on 124mph so IMO the 3.73 was a faster gear.
I am know going to a 3.42 gear this weekend and think it will pick up a bunch
Now my car has a 440ci LSX and with 3.73 gears it ran 5.77 with a 1.36 60ft
I replaced the 3.73 with 4.11 and it went slighly better 60ft 1.32 but didnt run but a 5.78 both passes where dead on 124mph so IMO the 3.73 was a faster gear.
I am know going to a 3.42 gear this weekend and think it will pick up a bunch
i mean i am pulling a 1.38 now in great air...
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I race every week during the summer. Tuesday T&T at GIR. I like the sleeper look of a small tire car. I have gone through 2 sets of 4.10's shifting into OD on motor, back to 3.23 and broke the carrier to 3.42 now. Bottle fed cam only full weight car. I am swapping heads soon and will get a 9'' soon. When I get the 9'', 3.25 gears will be installed. My goal for the '09 season is to 60' in the low 1.4 to high 1.3's and trap in the upper 130's - low 140's. I'm not setting my goals for an ET. If I meet my goals everything will be working right.
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Bump this up. Would like to get more input.
Again what have you guys notice in roll's after a gear change?
What about time increase on the track? Did it seem to come only in the 60 ft? or in mph?
Again what have you guys notice in roll's after a gear change?
What about time increase on the track? Did it seem to come only in the 60 ft? or in mph?