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Old 04-16-2010, 11:46 PM
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new to the gto. sorry for all the questions.


1. Does anyone make aftermarket gears for these rear ends? If so what size are they
2. Does detriot make a locker for these rears?
3. How much power will a stock rear hold?
4. Are the pacesetter headers any good? I was always a kooks guy but you cant beat the price
5. Will I pick up anything from swapping my ls6 to a FAST manifold
6. Whats the bolt pattern for the wheels and where can you find wider ones like 9-11” wide
7. Whats the average curb weight?
8. Is it a al60e tranny of a 4l65e?
9. How well do the tranny’s hold up?
10. Does it use the same roller rockers that the f body ls1 uses? I am assuming so
11. If I go 1.85 or 1.80 rockers what size pushrods will I need
12. Does is there a way to get a 15” draglite on it or am I gonna have to grind calipers?
13. Any free mods like on the f body’s? other than weight loss.
14. Any info that I should know please do tell
Old 04-17-2010, 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Evilution
new to the gto. sorry for all the questions.


1. Does anyone make aftermarket gears for these rear ends? If so what size are they http://shop.gforce1320.com/category.sc?categoryId=7
2. Does detriot make a locker for these rears?
3. How much power will a stock rear hold? until it breaks
4. Are the pacesetter headers any good? I was always a kooks guy but you cant beat the price they're cheap and work
5. Will I pick up anything from swapping my ls6 to a FAST manifold tuned for the fast, yes. how much more depends. but I would get it ported too
6. Whats the bolt pattern for the wheels and where can you find wider ones like 9-11” wide good luck with anything above 10" unless you have a mini tub. 5x120 and make sure the offset is +48 or more in the rear.
7. Whats the average curb weight? with driver 3900+, obese driver 4000+
8. Is it a al60e tranny of a 4l65e?
9. How well do the tranny’s hold up? Autos not good unless you don't run alot more power. Manuals alot better with an aftermarket clutch.
10. Does it use the same roller rockers that the f body ls1 uses? I am assuming so
11. If I go 1.85 or 1.80 rockers what size pushrods will I need
12. Does is there a way to get a 15” draglite on it or am I gonna have to grind calipers? Yes and yes/no but most don't have to grind much
13. Any free mods like on the f body’s? other than weight loss.
14. Any info that I should know please do tell Nothing for the car is cheap
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Old 04-17-2010, 03:38 AM
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That ^

The trans is a 4L60E.
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SO far the info you've gotten it good. Only thing I'd say varies it how much the stock A4 will handle. I'm on my second 500+rwhp setup and running my stock A4 tranny with no issues. I've got almost 100k miles on my car also.
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Originally Posted by DicN
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The trans is a 4L60E.

for 04 yes. 05-06s have a 4l65.
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everything is definatly expensive.. headlight its self over 700 bucks. unless i got rapped when i had to get a new one
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we have to pay the corvette tax when we dont even own one!

i still love my GTO tho
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Originally Posted by asdrs70
everything is definatly expensive.. headlight its self over 700 bucks. unless i got rapped when i had to get a new one
Probably could have picked one up from a totaled car for less.

$700 brand new from GM is about right though.



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