323s to 342s
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323s to 342s I was wondering if it would be worth switching stock gears to 342s. I was thinking about going to 373s to tighten up my sy3500, but a buddy has a set from his M6 lying around. Would it be worth the labour charge. Besides tightening up the converter I was also looking at a steeper gear for a bit more fun on the street. Thanks for opinions
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Originally Posted by 9HAWK9
I was wondering if it would be worth switching stock gears to 342s. I was thinking about going to 373s to tighten up my sy3500, but a buddy has a set from his M6 lying around. Would it be worth the labour charge. Besides tightening up the converter I was also looking at a steeper gear for a bit more fun on the street. Thanks for opinions
I changed from 3.23's to 3.42's. But my rear end was f'ed and I needed to replace them anyway, I put a set of M6 gears in. Just remember with a 10 bolt, the higher the gear you go the weaker it'll be, plus 3.73's are hard to quiet down, they tend to whine.
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Verdad Gallardo 5.88 sounds about right. I have not noticed that much in a loss of mpg, the converter is a killer though. at 80mph I picked up approx 200rpm over the 3.23's. City driving with a converter is a killer on mpg with any rear gears.
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3.23s to 3.42s is pointless. There is not enough of a difference to make any gains. Check a gear ratio/rpm/mph chart (jrp has a link on his sticky or at f-body.org). Now 2.73s are a different story ...
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if your locked up in 4th you got some serious tuning issues, go tweak bank1/bank2 o2 mvolt switching points and fix your ltrims afterwards in the 400-2000rpm range.
should get 22min unless your foot is just too happy
should get 22min unless your foot is just too happy
