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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 09:51 PM
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would a 456 gear be to low for my car?i dont do a lot of driving in it love to go to the track
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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 10:06 PM
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I think with your mods and the 150 shot you would run out of gear on a 26inch tire. On a 28inch tire you might be close but I would say go with 4.10s if you want a track only gear.
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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 10:06 PM
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4.56 is alot of gear for a Auto, you will for sure have traction issues and might run out of gear in OD in the 1/4

I went with 4.10 's and love them
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 09:47 PM
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26" Tire would max out 3rd @ 107mph, OD @ 153mph
28" Tire would max out 3rd @ 115mph, OD @ 164mph

Both calculated with 6300rpm rev limit set.

I would stick with the 3.73s and not bother entering into OD (reworked trans needed for WOT OD shift) and then utilize maxing out 3rd at 131mph w/ 26" and 141mph w/ 28".
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 09:55 PM
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thanks i have a 27/11.50 hoosier quick time pro on it now,and im going threw the 8th in second gear now at 6200
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 10:02 PM
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i would say 391 or 410 would be plenty of gearing man...
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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4.10 is the deepest i would go with what you have, 3.73 is the **** on the street and occasional track use.
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 10:53 PM
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i went to the the track the other night,and my best was 7.78 in the 8th with no spray.but the car is not tuned yet, i thought it should have been faster
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What cam do you have? Also what MPH were you trapping in the 1/8th?
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 11:28 PM
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it is a custom grind from bret breuer its like 599/609 lift with 108 lobe seperation.it was at clarksville at midnight madness they dont give out time slips,they just show the times
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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 02:41 AM
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Originally Posted by darrell hoagland
but the car is not tuned yet, i thought it should have been faster
This is most likely your answer, get it tuned!!!
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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 03:17 AM
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Here's something to mess around with:

http://f-body.org/gears/
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Originally Posted by SS RRR
Here's something to mess around with:

http://f-body.org/gears/
That's what I used Such a great calc!
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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 06:02 PM
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i guess i will buy a set of 4:10
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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 06:29 PM
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Yea, +2 on the tune idea. And 4.56's would make first gear basically non existent with that stall too. 4.10 would be my high number in that equation.

Before and after the tune is night and day. With all that work, it is an absolute must.
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