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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 12:20 PM
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I was just curious what everyone thought about what gear i should chose for my setup. I currently have a bolt on ls1 that runs 7.6 on motor at 91mph. On spray my best pass so far is 7.23 at 102. I am still running the factory 2.73 gears and wanted to know what gears you guys thought would benefit me best and what gains i might expect to see. all times are at 1/8th mile track off course.
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 12:26 PM
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actually my best pass was a 7.22 but my mph was a little off for some reason. Let me know what you guys think.
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any suggestions a lot of people have told me 3.73s but i was curious what everyone else thought.
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 06:56 PM
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I'd go with a set of 3.73 gears, they will really wake it up for you. Bob
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thanks anyone else??
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 07:53 PM
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def 373's or 343s both are great gears and will pick up your 60' what rpm and what gear are you in at the stripe?
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to be honest i haven't i haven't paid attention.
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 09:25 PM
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ok well theoretically what is best for a bracket car is go thru the stripe at what you shift at in high gear or 3rd for OD transmissions.. some people shift crazy like 7 grand so u def dont want to go lower that 4 grand and say u are at 2 grand now one way to raise that number is to get gears like 373s or 342s or w.e or get a stall which i see you have so if u wanna get all the use out of your engine give her high rpms is my opinion
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thanks for the advice.
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3.42 or 3.73, 3.73 is a little high on the highway with the automatic for me
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