Why didn't they put 3.42 rear gear in A6 C6's?
05-05-2016, 11:32 AM
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That list looks like almost every box on the order form was checked.
05-05-2016, 09:58 PM
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My car had 2.56, it was sluggish/anemic. I put in 3.15 gears, potenza S04s on the wheels and the car pulls hard. 1st gear sticks and the car is a beast off the light.
05-07-2016, 01:46 AM
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You must be short on power if you stick 1st gear. I'm running a 2.56 and SO4's and 1st is only good at the track with Hoosiers. On the street 1st is a joke.
05-07-2016, 02:34 AM
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You must be short on power if you stick 1st gear. I'm running a 2.56 and SO4's and 1st is only good at the track with Hoosiers. On the street 1st is a joke.
05-07-2016, 08:16 AM
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Well, you are never really going to get a tire with a 30 aspect ratio sidewall (IE: late model Corvette) to launch real hard on factory sized rear tires ... it just don't have enough sidewall to flex much.
If you want a hard launch, you need a big flexable sidewall tire > >
If you want a hard launch, you need a big flexable sidewall tire > >
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Well, you are never really going to get a tire with a 30 aspect ratio sidewall (IE: late model Corvette) to launch real hard on factory sized rear tires ... it just don't have enough sidewall to flex much.
If you want a hard launch, you need a big flexable sidewall tire > >
If you want a hard launch, you need a big flexable sidewall tire > >
Do they still make them?
05-07-2016, 11:35 AM
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Here is a chart to help see RPM vs MPH for different gear ratios for A6's and MN6's:
I am going to do 3.15 gears in my A6 - quite a few have selected this ratio (3.15) combined with the A6 and absolutely love it
http://www.brianhouk.com/Corvette/C6Gearing/
Thanks,Matt
I am going to do 3.15 gears in my A6 - quite a few have selected this ratio (3.15) combined with the A6 and absolutely love it
http://www.brianhouk.com/Corvette/C6Gearing/
Thanks,Matt
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05-07-2016, 11:44 AM
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Well, you are never really going to get a tire with a 30 aspect ratio sidewall (IE: late model Corvette) to launch real hard on factory sized rear tires ... it just don't have enough sidewall to flex much.
If you want a hard launch, you need a big flexable sidewall tire > >
If you want a hard launch, you need a big flexable sidewall tire > >
05-07-2016, 08:06 PM
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I'm running a 4000 stall converter. If I had the stock 1800 converter I might be able to handle 1st gear better. I don't street race anyway, so it makes no difference. My power mods came a little bit at a time, but eventually 1st gear became a spinfest.
07-25-2022, 01:26 PM
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There is no doubt at all that a set of 3.42 rear end gears in a C6 / A6 Corvette will make for quicker 1/4 mile times than a set of 2.73 rear gears .. as long as the same tire traction can be maintained.
Another option is to just install a 'looser' torque converter ... you get a much harder launch do to the higher RPM the engine is operating at during the first 60 feet of the track.
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Another option is to just install a 'looser' torque converter ... you get a much harder launch do to the higher RPM the engine is operating at during the first 60 feet of the track.
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With 2.56, my best ET was 10.89 @ 127. I would love to be at 10.4-10.6.
07-25-2022, 01:28 PM
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Here is a chart to help see RPM vs MPH for different gear ratios for A6's and MN6's:
I am going to do 3.15 gears in my A6 - quite a few have selected this ratio (3.15) combined with the A6 and absolutely love it
http://www.brianhouk.com/Corvette/C6Gearing/
Thanks,Matt
I am going to do 3.15 gears in my A6 - quite a few have selected this ratio (3.15) combined with the A6 and absolutely love it
http://www.brianhouk.com/Corvette/C6Gearing/
Thanks,Matt
07-25-2022, 08:02 PM
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Obviously running a 10.89....127mph with 2.56 gears, is not from a stock C6........EX: a stock LS3 with the auto will run 12.8 at 116 mph....