What other mods should I do
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From: Peabody MA
What other mods should I do
I'm going to be bringing my car down to ECS to put a new differential after destroying mine. I'm going to put 4.10's put back in. Should I put any more mods on while i'm down there. I currently have Borla straight pipes, FLP long tube headers, Blackwing, ported MAF, B&M Ripper Shifter, Adjustable fuel regulator (not that I know anything about it), 160 degree t-stat, High flow cats, X pipe. Thats about it that relates to powertrain.
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if you vette is an automatic, it would be a good decision to also install a high stall torque converter at the same time as the gears. If not, your decision really depends on how much you want to spend. Two grand could get you an insane cam installed and tuned. 
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Originally Posted by chris2
Its a six speed and that reminds i have an upgraded clutch.
If you have a bit "extra" money, talk to Chris about the G5X3 cam package...makes for a whole lot of fun. 
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Just out of curiosity, what happend to your original differential? I just had ECS install a 4.10 two weeks ago. Any advise on keeping mine intact? I drove it like an old man for 500 mile and I'm just now starting to have fun with it.
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I was at the track and I started spinning rather than just shut it down like I should have. my differential decided to do it for me by shattering and leaving pieces all the way down the track. So a word of advice would be if your cars not getting any traction layoff right away.
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Chris2, your scaring me now. I spin my tires all the time with the 4.10 rear. I thought I only needed to worry when I had more traction (which equals more force on the drive train I would think). Were you experiencing wheel hop? Did you take it easy for the first 500 mile breakin period? What RPM were you at when you launched?
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From: Peabody MA
Well one time with BFG drag radials the output shaft broke. Now between wheel hop and slamming gears its the whole differential. Also it was easy driving for the first 500 miles, 360 of them are just going home from ECS.