3000stall or 3.73s UPDATE
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I'm still happy with my swap...I'll now be doing a 3800 stall.... But the 2.73s on a pretty much stock car just felt sluggish....The 3.73s FEELS like I picked up a second on my daily 0-55mph commute..I swear, when I first reserched gears, everyone praised them, talking about how much they woke up the car and was just an awesome mod...After I started this thread......I haven't heard those words since....I'm glad I did the swap, but now I can't wait for my stall....
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I had 3.73 in my car. It was nice did get up and go but i hated to take it over 65 cause of the rpms it was tacking. Now I have pit in 3.00 gear and a 3200 stall should be about a wash change but I'll be able to cruise on the highway at a much lower rpm plus if I take 4th to red line it's 200mph :p
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I had 3.73 in my car. It was nice did get up and go but i hated to take it over 65 cause of the rpms it was tacking. Now I have pit in 3.00 gear and a 3200 stall should be about a wash change but I'll be able to cruise on the highway at a much lower rpm plus if I take 4th to red line it's 200mph :p
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i am not arguing that gears are a better mod than a stall. as stated previously, i have been there and done that. however, i will say...after installing the converter, i was fighting shifting issues a lot. i installed a cooler, deep pan and a shift kit. made repeated trips back to my tuner just to get a clean 2-3 shift, never to get it. that was frustrating. i was 2 seconds from putting a th350 in it when i sold the car to start with a better platform.
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Not sure how you got 27mpg mixed, with 3.73s and highway rpms of 2400+. I've owned these cars brand new, high mileage used, stock and modified; never once have I seen 27mpg out of an A4 car with mixed driving. Only time I've seen mileage like that is with 100% highway driving and a stock internal engine with stock gears. I am limited to E10 fuel here though, perhaps you are lucky enough to have non-ethanol gas in your area; that would definitely help mileage.
Gears require tuning as well, to get the shift points and speedo back in line. I remember people having a lot of issues and needing to use some fuzzy math to get their cars shifting right after a gear swap, back in the days before LS1 Edit/HPT/etc.
These days, tuning should not be a problem for gears OR a stall, the software is able to do what needs to be done, it's just a matter of how good the tuner is, and/or if they miss something (we're all human and do make mistakes).
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Wow. This thread has been awesome to read. I knew a little about gears. And nothing at all about a stall. Now at least i know a little about stalls. I have a lt1 a4 car and im planning on doing one or the other but not both right now. I just want to clarify because from what i have read i will notice more from a stall first. I drive mostly city with every now and then jumping on the highway for 3 exits. (One side of town to another). I have a friend with an ls1 a4 car full bolt on with 3.73s and loves it. But when im riding shotgun with him he is tacking 80mph at about if not more than 3000rpms. IMO that is to much.
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I have researched stalls for awhile now. And i found somewhere else i forgot the site but that a stock lt1 motor gains .4 from a 3600 stall. Is this true does anyone know from self experience?
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thats about right. probably gain that on street tires and even more on drag radials