Need Some Help On Gears And Tc
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Need Some Help On Gears And Tc Hi Guys Im New To This Forum And I Drive A 99 C5 Corvette Auto With The 2 73 Gears . I Have Done Several Mods To It Like Z06 Intake Manifold,kooks Long Tube Headers 1 7/8 With X Pipe And No Cats , Vararam Vr B2 And Borla Stingers .i Want My C5 Much Faster So Im Reading Up On Gears And Converters . I Dont Go Much To The Track But Will Be Going Soon And Wanna Run Some Good Times Im Thinking About Going With A Cam But Thats Later On . For Right Now What I Really Want Are Gears And A Converter . Which Gear And Which Converter Would U Guys Recomend For A Dd I Was Looking At The 3600 With 3 42 Gears What Do You Think And What Times Should I See With That Set Up With Out The Cam Cause The Cam I Will Be Getting Later Thanks Guys
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From: Johnsonville, SC; but orginally from GAINESVILLE, FL
Originally Posted by quickc5
Hi Guys Im New To This Forum And I Drive A 99 C5 Corvette Auto With The 2 73 Gears . I Have Done Several Mods To It Like Z06 Intake Manifold,kooks Long Tube Headers 1 7/8 With X Pipe And No Cats , Vararam Vr B2 And Borla Stingers .i Want My C5 Much Faster So Im Reading Up On Gears And Converters . I Dont Go Much To The Track But Will Be Going Soon And Wanna Run Some Good Times Im Thinking About Going With A Cam But Thats Later On . For Right Now What I Really Want Are Gears And A Converter . Which Gear And Which Converter Would U Guys Recomend For A Dd I Was Looking At The 3600 With 3 42 Gears What Do You Think And What Times Should I See With That Set Up With Out The Cam Cause The Cam I Will Be Getting Later Thanks Guys
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From: Johnsonville, SC; but orginally from GAINESVILLE, FL
Originally Posted by WickedC5
I have 2:73s also. i just bought a yank 3500 stall and will be installing a 3:42 diff, and a F13 cam soon and hope to get a mid to high 11 sec 1/4 with this setup.
Hey Micah, not to change subject but does your cam have a good lope to it? i have no cats and long tubes with corsa indys, and will set the idle a little low, and hope it helps the F13 on a 114 lope harder.
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Yeah my cam has a sweet lope. Right now, with my SLP LTs, no cats and straight pipes, you can not stand behind the car and have a conversation without yelling because of the lope. I really like this cam alot.
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dude i want my c5 to be a night and day diffrence when i get the converter and gears . do you think the 3200 stall with the 3 42 would do that for me or go just a little higher . im going to put a cam in it but dont know to much about cams and now that i see in ur sig you got one well what do you think of like a 3400 stall 34 2 gears and the gx2 cam . i dont know crap about cams but want my car to really move cause its an auto and when you say a corvette auto everyone saids why would anyone get an auto vette. and i want to come back and say what is itt hat you drive a pulleyed cobra lets go and ill show u what auto can do lol
When I had my '00 coupe I put in 3.42's with a PTC 3500 t/c. I had heads/cam, nitrous..etc... With that set up I was pulling 1.6x 60' times, running 6.8 @103 in the 1/8th. My best 60' was a 1.58 on BFG DR's. Approx 510rwhp. Granted, this was with a rebuilt tranny since the added power will kill the A4 quick. Just be prepared for 3rd and 4th to give out after you've added enough power.
You will also need to tune the car immediately after installing the 3.42's and t/c. The computer will still think it's running 2.73's and you won't get far. I had a reprogramed pcm ready at install that worked great.
You will also need to tune the car immediately after installing the 3.42's and t/c. The computer will still think it's running 2.73's and you won't get far. I had a reprogramed pcm ready at install that worked great.