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Old Jul 18, 2010 | 02:37 PM
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I'm in rebuilding stage of my 99' A4 SS and I'm goin with a 383 stroker with a3600 or 4000 stall. I already own a set of 3.73's for the car but I wondering if it will be worth it to swap from 3.23's to 3.73's?
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I'd say that it will be, you'll get into the rpm range much sooner. Bob
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I'd say that it will be, you'll get into the rpm range much sooner. Bob
Do you think I should keep the stall a 4k? I don't want to run out of gear...
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Do you think I should keep the stall a 4k? I don't want to run out of gear...
What are you mainly using the car for? For mainly street use I would go with around a 3600 rpm stall. Too much stall and the slippage will make the car feel that it has no torque on the street. Bob
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Old Jul 18, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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if you still have the stock 10 bolt ,upgrade to a 9" or 12 bolt.a 383 will brake the 10 bolt.
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If you drag it, 4K. If not, 3600
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Thanx for the imput fellas I'll prolly go with the 3600 seeing as I will see more street than drag time...Also I plan to get a rear end once the Motor/trans are in and I start focusing on suspension. Prolly be my next deployment purchase. But for now I think I'll just rock the 10 bolt with the gears...
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