pHEnomIC

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Last time at the track i ran a 12.1 @ 125 w/ 2.2 60 footer on a 100 shot, street tires, cammed ls1. 3.42s seemed to work just fine because i finished right at the end of that gear.

I blew that engine up and have a 404 now. Will probably be doing heads cam and maybe spraying some more.

I think i will be trapping that or more. Will 4.11s be too much?
I will probably be doing an 8.8 swap so 4.11s will be easy to find out of an explorer.

Funkster

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Well, you may just need to focus on suspension pieces. What do you run for tires and suspension?

Squirts11

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The traction issue needs to be addressed first. 4.11's will only make traction more difficult to keep unless you have some sticky tires.

pHEnomIC

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Traction was in the tires. I just upgraded them to nittos.
Btw, ive gotten 2.0s on my old tires, that just happened to be my best run.
I have tubular lcas, phb, adj torque arm, sfcs, and an airbag.
I said that I switched to nittos, so they will probably help it hook better. I just got 275 nittos.
1le swaybars, slp level 2 suspension.

Funkster

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I would make some runs with the new tires.

See where that gets you with MPH and how much gear you have left.

massconfusion

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haven't tested my 4.10s out too much yet but they feel awesome and i love them in my buddys lt1 and he only spins to 6000 rpm. I go to 6400rpm on sbe h/c car

tnmotown

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Im at about 6500rpms going 122ish topping out in 4th gear with 4.10's

Hell with spray and some 28" tires maybe 4.30's will be good

Detroitmuscle

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Your gonna want/need more tire with that setup I'm sure. I'd stick with the steeper gearing like your planning and step up to a nice bias ply tire for the strip because you have a stick car. If your having to go into 5th before the traps then a 28" tire will get your back down to 4th.