stage 2 cams vs drivability

[new2gts]

Have been now kicking around cams, stage 2 but am afraid of loosing street drive ability. Have 3.73 gears , you guys that have them is your 5th gear still good or is it useless at 45-55 mph ?

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[JayC]

Mine drives the same but faster.

[H0SS302]

as long as you have 3.73s you should be fine with stage 2s My neighbor had stage 2 vts with 3.90s and his car drove fine.

[mrtstang]

My buddy has stage 2 Crower Cams in his 01 gt with 3.73's, and it drives great. No drivability issues.

[nascrchi]

why not 4:10's? just curious...

[new2gts]

Cause its a driver. Dont want to loose my 5th gear pull for cruzin' either. It's a "therapy" car if you know what I mean.

[0949er]

what do yo mean loose your 5th gear pull? you will have more "pull" in 5th with more gear. I.E. you will pull harder in 5th with 4:10's then 3:73's (due to you are running higher rpms)


I have 4:10s and stage 2's. love it.

[2000AZ5.0GT]

I don't get why everyone likes to argue about which gears someone has, and whether or not they are good. You do realize he's not going to take apart his rear and spend 300+ bucks on a new ring and pinion + install on your word alone.

OP, to answer your question, no, you're not going to see any driveability issues at all.

Granted it's a little different situation, but I'm running some pretty damn aggressive cams and 3.55's in the rear, so Its definitely do-able.

[Dteal23]

Originally Posted by new2gts

Cause its a driver. Dont want to loose my 5th gear pull for cruzin' either. It's a "therapy" car if you know what I mean.

you have it backwards buddy

[boduke0220]

just go ahead and drop the gear thing, No one wants to hear all the BS that will get started.


But from what i've seen unless your using a Stage 3 or bigger cam you should be fine