Revs at 60 mph?
Is my vette stock?? HAHA
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2020 C3 of the Year Finalist - Modified
2020 Corvette of the Year Finalist (performance mods)
2019 C3 of Year Winner (performance mods)
2016 C3 of Year Finalist
Is my vette stock?? HAHA
Joined: Oct 2015
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From: Im not allowed to tell you
2020 C3 of the Year Finalist - Modified
2020 Corvette of the Year Finalist (performance mods)
2019 C3 of Year Winner (performance mods)
2016 C3 of Year Finalist
I'm just jealous.
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Base engines came with a WR 4 spd and 336 gears, with a 27" tire that sounds about right. Some opted for the "highway gear" which was 308, but those engines didn't have the torque say a BB has and 1st gear could be sluggish.
So you have a normal setup, drive it. It's not worth putting in a OT trans or even gear change if you don't do a lot of highway driving. Those engines would last about 150k miles sometimes more before a rebuild was in order. Yes there were exceptions above and below that range mostly on how the car was driven and maintained.
So you have a normal setup, drive it. It's not worth putting in a OT trans or even gear change if you don't do a lot of highway driving. Those engines would last about 150k miles sometimes more before a rebuild was in order. Yes there were exceptions above and below that range mostly on how the car was driven and maintained.
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Base engines came with a WR 4 spd and 336 gears, with a 27" tire that sounds about right. Some opted for the "highway gear" which was 308, but those engines didn't have the torque say a BB has and 1st gear could be sluggish.
So you have a normal setup, drive it. It's not worth putting in a OT trans or even gear change if you don't do a lot of highway driving. Those engines would last about 150k miles sometimes more before a rebuild was in order. Yes there were exceptions above and below that range mostly on how the car was driven and maintained.
So you have a normal setup, drive it. It's not worth putting in a OT trans or even gear change if you don't do a lot of highway driving. Those engines would last about 150k miles sometimes more before a rebuild was in order. Yes there were exceptions above and below that range mostly on how the car was driven and maintained.
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So this last weekend coming back from the down pour at Oreilly's car show in St.Paul. At 60 mph with my 6 speed and 4:10 gears about 1500 rpm. 23 mpg. I put it in 4th a couple time think about old times. Back then we didn't know any better.v
