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Old 05-21-2011, 11:28 PM
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40 miles driven daily, with some spur of the moment random wot fun town runs.. I don't want to go any higher do I?
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I cant speak for the 3.73 but im more than happy with my stock 3.23 and ss3600. I will not change gear until the rear goes. When it does go it will more than likely be 3.73. Then when my trans goes I will most likely go with something like a pt4000 stall.
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I have a 3600 vig with a 373 gear and i love it.
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3.73s' with a 3600=perfect combinaion. Not saying that others are a bad combination because anything other than the OEM 2.73/3.23/1800 is a performance gain.
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looking to do something like 3.73's or 4.10's myself!
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3.73's and SS4000 in my cars, not daily driven but are driven almost everywhere they go. They sixty great for what they are (heavy) and I personally wouldnt put anything less than a 4000 behind an LS1 with a stock or mild cam.
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Perfect combo and love mine!
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thats what i have but im not stock.
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SS3600 and 3.73s here and i love it! Im heads/cam, but the car runs great and its daily driven!
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4000.

The difference is going to be minimal, as in you will never tell, under normal driving conditions. At wot there will be a nice difference. It will sixty harder as well as having better shift extensions. The trade off is worth it.
I don't know anyone that went 4000 and wished they went 3600, I know tons that went 3600 and first drive wished they went 4000.
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Seems 3600 is the #...sounds good.....thanks
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Originally Posted by lemons12
4000.

The difference is going to be minimal, as in you will never tell, under normal driving conditions. At wot there will be a nice difference. It will sixty harder as well as having better shift extensions. The trade off is worth it.
I don't know anyone that went 4000 and wished they went 3600, I know tons that went 3600 and first drive wished they went 4000.
Lemons whats the rpm difference driving around unlocked 3600 vs 4000? 500rpm?
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Originally Posted by senicalj4579
Lemons whats the rpm difference driving around unlocked 3600 vs 4000? 500rpm?
150-250 rpms difference roughly depending on gears, weight of car, etc.. But for most 200 would be about right.
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Originally Posted by lemons12
150-250 rpms difference roughly depending on gears, weight of car, etc.. But for most 200 would be about right.
Thats it!? Oh man lol
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Originally Posted by senicalj4579
Thats it!? Oh man lol
Yes sir, I have posted that over and over and people dont pay attention. A 3600 is a nice size converter but if you aren't spraying or fi, why not go 4000 for the added performance with a tradeoff you will never notice?

Justin, look at his mod list.

3600 will make you happy, until you ride in a 4000 car.
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Works for me, I love it!
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Yep Lemons is right op. But sometimes you gotta live and learn. I was worried even the 3600 might be to big at first. Lemons and others were saying go with the 4000! I tried staying conservative just in case and here I am thinking I could do 4k easy. Im also on 3.23 gear so its even loser feeling than 3.73s would be. I originally wanted a performer like the pt4000 and now kicking myself. But hey, this trans wont last forever (almost 100k) so next time around for me.
OP go with a 4k
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Originally Posted by senicalj4579
Yep Lemons is right op. But sometimes you gotta live and learn. I was worried even the 3600 might be to big at first. Lemons and others were saying go with the 4000! I tried staying conservative just in case and here I am thinking I could do 4k easy. Im also on 3.23 gear so its even loser feeling than 3.73s would be. I originally wanted a performer like the pt4000 and now kicking myself. But hey, this trans wont last forever (almost 100k) so next time around for me.
OP go with a 4k
I installed a vig 4400 on my 98 at 100k miles.. ran like a champ with an ms4/prc/fast/410/etc setup for 16k miles when I sold it at 116k with stock parts back on. Times in Sig.. for around 7k of those hard miles it did only weigh around 3100#s
Never had a problem with it. Not saying it won't go but give it a little bit of credit.




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