Gear help
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Drifting
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From: Providence Rhode Island
Gear help
So I'm having the block in my 81 bored and balanced adding new cam and heads and hope to be around 325 hp not a race car by any means but I do want it to go when I step on the gas. So everyone is telling me I need gears but I have no clue what to go with. I saw a couple on mid america 3:55 and 3:07. The car has an auto 3 speed tranny but that will soon be changed to a four speed auto.
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You know, for me this has always been a case of personal preference.
I have a few of these old cars and every one of them has a 3:70 and I don't have overdrive in any of them.
To me, I don't have the cars for a daily driver and I have switched from a 4:11 in one, and a 3:08 in another. I just like the 3:70 ratios because it seems to not wind too tight and has decent performance.
I'm not drag racing the cars either... It's just what I like!
My suggestion would be to contact the local Corvette Club and possibly take a spin in a car with a few different gears.
IMHO
Willcox
I have a few of these old cars and every one of them has a 3:70 and I don't have overdrive in any of them.
To me, I don't have the cars for a daily driver and I have switched from a 4:11 in one, and a 3:08 in another. I just like the 3:70 ratios because it seems to not wind too tight and has decent performance.
I'm not drag racing the cars either... It's just what I like!
My suggestion would be to contact the local Corvette Club and possibly take a spin in a car with a few different gears.
IMHO
Willcox
Thread Starter
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,429
Likes: 7
From: Providence Rhode Island
You know, for me this has always been a case of personal preference.
I have a few of these old cars and every one of them has a 3:70 and I don't have overdrive in any of them.
To me, I don't have the cars for a daily driver and I have switched from a 4:11 in one, and a 3:08 in another. I just like the 3:70 ratios because it seems to not wind too tight and has decent performance.
I'm not drag racing the cars either... It's just what I like!
My suggestion would be to contact the local Corvette Club and possibly take a spin in a car with a few different gears.
IMHO
Willcox
I have a few of these old cars and every one of them has a 3:70 and I don't have overdrive in any of them.
To me, I don't have the cars for a daily driver and I have switched from a 4:11 in one, and a 3:08 in another. I just like the 3:70 ratios because it seems to not wind too tight and has decent performance.
I'm not drag racing the cars either... It's just what I like!
My suggestion would be to contact the local Corvette Club and possibly take a spin in a car with a few different gears.
IMHO
Willcox
