n0th1n2kn0vv

I read an article that said you can go with 4.30s in the 4.6 5 speeds and 1st gear will only be used for drag racing... Fact or fiction?

avexhype

you would need pretty much full suspension, built rear, and slicks to get the slightest traction out of 1st and even then it would last like 15 mph if that

01yellowgt

Yeah you have the option to skip first but still usable. So fiction, depends on who is driving. Love my 4.10's sometimes wish I went with the 4.30's.

To give ya an ideal here's a break down. copied and pasted from a gear calculator
assuming a t45 with 315/35/17
RPM 1st Gear 2nd Gear 3rd Gear 4th Gear 5th Gear
500 3 4 7 9 13
600 3 5 8 11 16
700 4 6 9 12 19
800 4 7 11 14 21
900 5 8 12 16 24
1000 5 9 13 18 27
1100 6 10 15 20 29
1200 6 11 16 21 32
1300 7 12 17 23 34
1400 7 12 19 25 37
1500 8 13 20 27 40
1600 8 14 21 28 42
1700 9 15 23 30 45
1800 9 16 24 32 48
1900 10 17 25 34 50
2000 11 18 27 36 53
2100 11 19 28 37 56
2200 12 20 29 39 58
2300 12 21 31 41 61
2400 13 21 32 43 64
2500 13 22 33 44 66
2600 14 23 35 46 69
2700 14 24 36 48 72
2800 15 25 37 50 74
2900 15 26 39 52 77
3000 16 27 40 53 80
3100 16 28 41 55 82
3200 17 29 43 57 85
3300 17 29 44 59 88
3400 18 30 45 60 90
3500 18 31 47 62 93
3600 19 32 48 64 95
3700 20 33 49 66 98
3800 20 34 51 68 101
3900 21 35 52 69 103
4000 21 36 53 71 106
4100 22 37 55 73 109
4200 22 37 56 75 111
4300 23 38 57 76 114
4400 23 39 59 78 117
4500 24 40 60 80 119
4600 24 41 61 82 122
4700 25 42 63 84 125
4800 25 43 64 85 127
4900 26 44 65 87 130
5000 26 45 67 89 133
5100 27 46 68 91 135
5200 27 46 69 92 138
5300 28 47 71 94 141
5400 28 48 72 96 143
5500 29 49 73 98 146
5600 30 50 75 99 149
5700 30 51 76 101 151
5800 31 52 77 103 154
5900 31 53 79 105 156
6000 32 54 80 107 159

n0th1n2kn0vv

That chart looks helpful, but what does it mean? I do have the t45 and 17s on the back but Im not sure what the numbers mean for 1st through 5th gear.

mestit3

for example, "2500 13 22 33 44 66"
at 2500 rpm you will be going 13 mph in first, 22 mph in 2nd, 33mph in 3rd.......

n0th1n2kn0vv

oooo, thank you.. thats very interesting and I will probably use that a lot. Is that with the 4.30s or 4.10s?

n0th1n2kn0vv

The car hasFox body drag shocks and lowered springs so far and I plan on upgrading the entire suspension and stiffening the chassis.

01yellowgt

that was with 4.30's. I just used this gear calculator and entered the ratio's for the t45 and 315/35/17 tires. The 3650 in the 2001.5+'s it will be a little bit different.

n0th1n2kn0vv

So when you say you sometimes wish 4.30s were installed on your car, which gears would be better for a 215 hp engine?

grogan

4.30s is a lotttt of gear

better have a good job for the gas money [8D]