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Old Oct 8, 2011 | 01:26 PM
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What gears u guys running with yalls 6l80e?

im going turbo on my 6liter along with a 3500 stall....i still dont know what gears to go with debating a 3.42 or 3.23.i have a set of 373s here as well..im running the 6l90e model....
turbo will be a 80mm

if u could post up your setup and e.t's...would be helpful and give me an idea on what i need.....

fyi im running 456s now so yea they have to come out lol
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I think the general consensus among the members here has been to run as close to 3.50's as possible, of course if your looking strictly for 1/4 mile efforts that might change a bit, I have 3.73 in mine and would like to lower down a little bit for more time in the meat of the hp curve.
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Whats the application? Purpose of the car/truck? turbos like load, they dont mind longer gearing.
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I think the general consensus among the members here has been to run as close to 3.50's as possible, of course if your looking strictly for 1/4 mile efforts that might change a bit, I have 3.73 in mine and would like to lower down a little bit for more time in the meat of the hp curve.
if i could find some 342s maybe,,if not ill end up with the 323s in it...
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Whats the application? Purpose of the car/truck? turbos like load, they dont mind longer gearing.
2008 silverado reg cab 6.0 l92 heads...for the 1/4 mile
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