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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 11:42 AM
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 01:53 PM
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good news. the only mods i have planned for the 'vert is 1.8 rockers to complement what's already done and 4.10 gears.
i don't need a 'vert with a 170mph top speed.
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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One of the best seat of the pants experiences out there enjoy, now start looking into tires After break in time, light em up!
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 02:29 PM
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Im thinking about them next! gotta see my money situation first
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by MY1STPEWTER
Here is a link where I got mine. Talk to Jenny or Phil and they can answer all you questions, very nice people. http://www.dynotech-eng.com/
thanks I appreciate all the help!
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by devnull
Nice!

Time for new tires (well, soon anyway)..
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 05:59 PM
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Nice upgrade. Someday may have to do something like that to mine.
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 09:24 PM
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Can you share cost on gears and labor?

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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 10:58 PM
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Can you share cost on gears and labor?

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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 01:58 AM
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Upgrading the rear gears in a C5 is a great SOTP mod and feel!
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 05:59 PM
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Under $1300 (cash) out the door. Again, the best mod I did as far as SOTP feel goes. And yes, tires will be next!
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 10:15 PM
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go to the Westcoastcorvette.com web site, and scroll through their "scrapbook" section. They have a chart of various gears at various speeds for c5's and Z06 trannys, auto and 6sp.



Originally Posted by HawkIVette
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punch in the gear ratio- tire size- MPH and it would tell you the RPM and vice versa. I will look around for it. If I find it I will post, but I have had 4.10's in my '99 FRC for 2 years now and love them.

I am guessing it would be around 1800 -1900 RPm though. I usually cruise down the road at 70-75 and run around 1700-1800 rpm in mine.

I have to agree. Best mod that I have ever done to the car and well worth the money
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 09:13 PM
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What kind of 0 to 60 and 1/4 improvements can you get from going to 4.10's from say a 3.42? I'm looking for some mods and want to get the most bang for the buck.
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 10:08 PM
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4.10's should have come stock in this car. I agree that 80 mph is around 2100 rpms......and on my 500 mile round trip to Vegas a couple of weeks ago I averaged 24.9 mpg. Most of the trip was between 80 and 90.....but there were one or two "simulated" runs to 150 (kph or mph...can't remember ) "somewhere" along the way......
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by GeorgieMporgie
What kind of 0 to 60 and 1/4 improvements can you get from going to 4.10's from say a 3.42? I'm looking for some mods and want to get the most bang for the buck.
Totally depends on how you can hook up.....I wouldn't even want to guess a number. I really don't think there is any doubt 4.10's are the best bang for the buck for acceleration improvements though (other than nitrous of course....and some of us have both ).....
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by GeorgieMporgie
What kind of 0 to 60 and 1/4 improvements can you get from going to 4.10's from say a 3.42? I'm looking for some mods and want to get the most bang for the buck.
My friend (Taaz024) got about .4 consistently from 3:90's - 12.6 to 12.2 from his 98 with vararam, headers, HF cats, Mike Norris tune, corsa Indy's. How he gets these times from his basically stock car I can't say but I've seen the time slips.

I'm still breaking in my 3:90's installed last week, but I can tell you, it feels like the car lost 500 lbs - I cannot believe how much more powerful it feels. I should have track times on 2-19-06.
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