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Old 03-31-2014, 07:09 PM
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Finally got the car driving and loving it. Pretty sure I have got .456 rear end gears. Cruzing in drive @ 3000 rmp's and going an amazing 55 MPH. Kills gas milage thinking about swapping them next winter. Anyone else running gears that steep
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Old 03-31-2014, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by dragman72
Finally got the car driving and loving it. Pretty sure I have got .456 rear end gears. Cruzing in drive @ 3000 rmp's and going an amazing 55 MPH. Kills gas milage thinking about swapping them next winter. Anyone else running gears that steep
i have but how does this info help you?
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Old 03-31-2014, 07:52 PM
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Just curious. Is it fun for cruzing town?? Just racing???
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Old 03-31-2014, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by dragman72
Just curious. Is it fun for cruzing town?? Just racing???
ll that's a personal thing and subjective opinion. it is also dependent on tire size and trany gear ratios but in general imo they are race only gears and nothing lower than around 373 should be used for cruising town, some fwy driving and occasional racing.
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Old 03-31-2014, 08:25 PM
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I do think I would have chose 3.73 if it was me but they are fun at least for the moment
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I have 3.90 gears but a t5 tranny nothing like doing 70mph @ 2200!
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