Need advice on gears for my setup..
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Need advice on gears for my setup.. Need some advice about selecting gears for my setup.
Heres what I have, and what I would be looking for.
I had a 93 auto with stock 3.23 gears. I just had a 224/230 cam, 1.6 rockers, AS&M headers, and a 2800 midwest stall put in. I didn't want to do the gears until I felt what the stall would do with the cam as far as low-end power goes.
I will rarely be taking my car to the drag strip, so quarter mile times are not important to me really. What i am looking for, is the feeling of power, and to be able to floor it anywhere, and not have many dead spots in my auto, if possible
With the cam and stall combo I have, off the line punching it rips up the tires, and pulls hard throughout. The cam seems to REALLY kick in around 3800-4000 rpms, and pulls hard through redline. However, if i punch it in certain spots, it will put me at a rpm where I am not making much power, and it feels pretty dead relative to when i am in the power band.
Will upgrading to 3.73 gears signifigantly help this? What about 4.10's?
This car is not a daily driver, so I can deal with a higher rpms and gas guzzling. I will also be setting up some suspension in the future, and I will want to run drag radials on the street. I am looking for something very fun on the street. If 4.10's will be too much gear, even with suspension and drag radials, let me know. it would be equally pointless to spin all the time.
Any and all suggestions welcome. Maybe i am not looking at this the right way, etc.
Thanks.
Heres what I have, and what I would be looking for.
I had a 93 auto with stock 3.23 gears. I just had a 224/230 cam, 1.6 rockers, AS&M headers, and a 2800 midwest stall put in. I didn't want to do the gears until I felt what the stall would do with the cam as far as low-end power goes.
I will rarely be taking my car to the drag strip, so quarter mile times are not important to me really. What i am looking for, is the feeling of power, and to be able to floor it anywhere, and not have many dead spots in my auto, if possible
With the cam and stall combo I have, off the line punching it rips up the tires, and pulls hard throughout. The cam seems to REALLY kick in around 3800-4000 rpms, and pulls hard through redline. However, if i punch it in certain spots, it will put me at a rpm where I am not making much power, and it feels pretty dead relative to when i am in the power band.
Will upgrading to 3.73 gears signifigantly help this? What about 4.10's?
This car is not a daily driver, so I can deal with a higher rpms and gas guzzling. I will also be setting up some suspension in the future, and I will want to run drag radials on the street. I am looking for something very fun on the street. If 4.10's will be too much gear, even with suspension and drag radials, let me know. it would be equally pointless to spin all the time.
Any and all suggestions welcome. Maybe i am not looking at this the right way, etc.
Thanks.
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Originally Posted by z28boysteve
depends on your tire size stock tires will like 3.73s, and with a bigger tire like a 28" slick, youll want a 4.10
Will be running drag radials around on streets. Don't think I'll ever want to bolt on slicks. Hmm, I guess I am just concerned that 3.73 won't be enough of a difference over a 3.23 geared car...and I only want to do all this stuff once! I wish there was an intermediate gear between 4.10 and 3.23...
