409 stroker gear question
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409 stroker gear question I have a 6.0 Iron block with a stroker crank that displaces 409Ci. The motor has a ton of torque and I have traction problems already. I took the gears out today and much to my suuprise, there are 2:73's in it where I thought there would be either 3:23's or 3:42's. Now that I know what I have, I was wondering what I should do for gears. I have a set of 3:73's and 3:42's. What will would be the best?
Depends on a couple things:
1.what you plan to do with the car
2. How high can you rev your motor and where does it make power
3. How big a tire are you running
I have an all stroke 383 and run 4.11s. I still have them installed from when I had the 346. On the drag strip I trapped just under 122mph with a 26x11.5 16 et street, so I have a little rpm left. I shift at 6600. I may be changing to 3.73 since I road race and the 4.11 may have me shifting too much.
1.what you plan to do with the car
2. How high can you rev your motor and where does it make power
3. How big a tire are you running
I have an all stroke 383 and run 4.11s. I still have them installed from when I had the 346. On the drag strip I trapped just under 122mph with a 26x11.5 16 et street, so I have a little rpm left. I shift at 6600. I may be changing to 3.73 since I road race and the 4.11 may have me shifting too much.
