Please explain more. That's way to vague. Tell that to someone who spins the motor @ or past 7000 rpm's. People choose thier gears based on the wrong info and myths.

 

Actually unless you change your gear ratios of the 4L60E I still think 3:42s are perfect. You can maintain normal driving, get decent mpg, have a max speed well beyond what you can hit with 4:10s and still run a decent 1/4. (I was spinning to 6300rpm). If you run down the track and don't drive the car in normal traffic then I can see where 4:10s would benefit you. Otherwise I PERSONALLY don't think its worth the sacrifice to have them in a daily driver.

 

sorry it took me a while,

Weather was about 75-80 degrees.

60' was 2.1s, and no my madz28 tune was not with the shift point thing, i didnt wanna change it but i suppose this is what could be wrong??

and i was about to hit 4th in the 1/4, my trap speeds were roughly 100.xx

 

Hmm very odd. My '94 with just a muffler (A4) hit 100.5 in the quarter.

As I asked before, how many miles and what tune up parts have you replaced recently?

 

44k miles, new plugs/wires *like 100 miles on em* also i found that the 3rd plug on the drivers side hit the header and its missing like no other.

 

gears wont improve your et's that much, if you want improvement get a converter for your tranny

 

Gears and the Right Suspension/Tire/Converter setup are worth a good chunk of ET.

 

I'll back that one. I have some good tires, Eibach Springs, and 3.73's, and it launches really nice, and accelerates strong. I might have a Cam also, but gears are a big part. I like them on the street playing with people, they have a little edge.

 

so what is it that is messing my times, tires, launch, what???

 

Ok, I have a 1997 ta a4 and I have 373's and on street tires i ran a 14.2 with a bad launch and dog food in the back lol! Also have CAI 58mm TB and flowmasters for the time being. Mods arent much diff from yours and I have no tune right now. Im doing 65 when it says im doing 80, kinda sucks sumtimes

 

Nah. What gear are you in when you finish at the track?

 

if it was missing when u were on the track, that's your problem.

 

I still say a stall would help alot and some sticky tires

 

always

 

im lost here, did everyone figure out before and after what he ran for 60ft's and trap speed???? i could understand he didnt gain any ET but a few mph from lack of traction.... i know with 4.10 gears he's blistering the tires off the line....

 

my times before the gears/ram air intake/plugs/wires was 14.0 at 99 and 60' was 2.5 due to broken shocks

 

I have 3.73's in my A4, and it will still go up to 170mph. It gets to it a little quicker now. 3.73's are a good mid ratio.

 

Obviously 3rd since 3:42s on a 4L60E tops a little over 125mph.

4:10s would have had me in 4th gear at 3900rpm for my traps at the time. After the CC306 and headers 4:10s would have had me at 42xxrpm at the end of the track in 4th gear. Whereas 3:42s would have had me a 51xxrpm in 3rd at the end of the track.

 

Good point...

 

Youre on the gas eh? That changes things.