Should I swap out for an 8.8 rear or go with the stock + 4.10 and t-lock?
09-02-2010, 07:07 PM
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09-02-2010, 11:41 PM
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09-03-2010, 07:35 AM
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8.8 take off is the route I'm going to go. Sure it's heavier but I'm also replacing the drive shaft with aluminum so there's the reduction... I just think doing gear swaps too easily become nightmares sometimes. As someone else already said, you may never get it right and have to deal with a poor install as well as eat the cost. I'll take the extra weight over even the possibility of a bad install any day myself.
09-03-2010, 05:20 PM
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All I can tell is my experience. Before I even put the Zex kit on my car and made my first pass with a 75 shot I bent the pinion on a set of Richmond gears in my 7.5. All I had was an intake and tune on it and was launching on a set of Mickey Thompson drag radials only foot braking it up to 1800 RPM at launch.
Once I had the Zex kit in I knew the rebuilt (second mistake, first was trying to build the 7.5 to begin with) was on borrowed time and I would break it again launching on DR's with the the nitrous hit coming on at 2300 rpm or just as I hit the 60' mark.
Once I had the Zex kit in I knew the rebuilt (second mistake, first was trying to build the 7.5 to begin with) was on borrowed time and I would break it again launching on DR's with the the nitrous hit coming on at 2300 rpm or just as I hit the 60' mark.
09-04-2010, 04:49 PM
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All I can tell is my experience. Before I even put the Zex kit on my car and made my first pass with a 75 shot I bent the pinion on a set of Richmond gears in my 7.5. All I had was an intake and tune on it and was launching on a set of Mickey Thompson drag radials only foot braking it up to 1800 RPM at launch.
Once I had the Zex kit in I knew the rebuilt (second mistake, first was trying to build the 7.5 to begin with) was on borrowed time and I would break it again launching on DR's with the the nitrous hit coming on at 2300 rpm or just as I hit the 60' mark.
Once I had the Zex kit in I knew the rebuilt (second mistake, first was trying to build the 7.5 to begin with) was on borrowed time and I would break it again launching on DR's with the the nitrous hit coming on at 2300 rpm or just as I hit the 60' mark.
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