gears and headers or headers and d/s?
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gears and headers or headers and d/s?
well... im looking to get headers, 3.73 gears and a 1 piece d/s and right now i can only afford headers with 1 or the others. just want ur guys opinons. thanks
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RE: gears and headers or headers and d/s?
Well then you should get the same wow factor out of 3.73's that I did out of 4.10's. I did a wide open throttle pass today starting at 60mph to over 100 mph in what felt like 3 seconds. It was probably closer to 4
. I wanted to see how shifting to 4th in the 1/4 would feel anyway and I was pleasantly surprised how fast I jammed 4th gear. Those 2 jokers infront of me following behind the old lady must have felt like they were standing still!
Here's a good calculator for figuring mph in each gear.
http://www.angelfire.com/fl/procrastination/rear.html
If you have the manual trans, here's the gear ratios.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TR-3650
They show the power loss to be 16% by the way.
. I wanted to see how shifting to 4th in the 1/4 would feel anyway and I was pleasantly surprised how fast I jammed 4th gear. Those 2 jokers infront of me following behind the old lady must have felt like they were standing still!Here's a good calculator for figuring mph in each gear.
http://www.angelfire.com/fl/procrastination/rear.html
If you have the manual trans, here's the gear ratios.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TR-3650
They show the power loss to be 16% by the way.
ORIGINAL: brendend
yea the factory 3.31s
yea the factory 3.31s
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RE: gears and headers or headers and d/s?
If you race strictly 1/4 mile you will be better off with headers and driveshaft. when you hit 4th in the auto it is a large jump and it wont pull very hard as compared to running the 1/4 all the way in third with your stock gears. if you run farther than the quarter or at speeds exceding 105 go with the gears. i have 2 gts and the one with stock gears will outrun the one with 410s in the qtr. but the 410s are a lot more fun. just depends on what you want
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RE: gears and headers or headers and d/s?
my last reply would be if you have an auto. if it is a standard definately gears. I just got my driveshaft today and am headed to the track to see hom much difference it makes.
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RE: gears and headers or headers and d/s?
ORIGINAL: 06tyrfryr
If you race strictly 1/4 mile you will be better off with headers and driveshaft. when you hit 4th in the auto it is a large jump and it wont pull very hard as compared to running the 1/4 all the way in third with your stock gears. if you run farther than the quarter or at speeds exceding 105 go with the gears. i have 2 gts and the one with stock gears will outrun the one with 410s in the qtr. but the 410s are a lot more fun. just depends on what you want
If you race strictly 1/4 mile you will be better off with headers and driveshaft. when you hit 4th in the auto it is a large jump and it wont pull very hard as compared to running the 1/4 all the way in third with your stock gears. if you run farther than the quarter or at speeds exceding 105 go with the gears. i have 2 gts and the one with stock gears will outrun the one with 410s in the qtr. but the 410s are a lot more fun. just depends on what you want
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RE: gears and headers or headers and d/s?
I don't understand? You don't recommend the gears if an auto, yet you have an auto with gears. I must have stepped into bizzaro world again.
ORIGINAL: 06tyrfryr
my last reply would be if you have an auto. if it is a standard definately gears. I just got my driveshaft today and am headed to the track to see hom much difference it makes.
my last reply would be if you have an auto. if it is a standard definately gears. I just got my driveshaft today and am headed to the track to see hom much difference it makes.
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RE: gears and headers or headers and d/s?
he didn't reccomend them BECAUSE he has an auto - he means from experience.
personally I would go with gears and driveshaft. they will provide the most seat of the pants improvement
personally I would go with gears and driveshaft. they will provide the most seat of the pants improvement
