View Poll Results: which gears
3.42
19
32.20%
3.73
15
25.42%
4.10
25
42.37%
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Poll on gears for 6spd
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Racer
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Poll on gears for 6spd
Really undecided about which gears to get for my 6psd vette not a daily driver, varram, kooks headers no cats , and soon 160thermostat and a tune. i am a driver that like to drive my vette hard the way its suppose to be driven. want either 3.73. 3.90 4.10
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Depends on future plans
If you're going to stay where you are right now with the engine mods, etc, I would vote for 4.10s. On the other hand, if you will be making changes in the future such as increasing the cubic inches or adding a huffer (or both), then I would definitely say stay with the 3.42s. Significant increases in power also brings significant increases in torque and lower gears can definitely prove to be a handicap when trying to get power to the ground. This is especially true on a street driven car. It is for this reason that I chose to stay with my 3.42s when I went through my drivetrain.
Beef everything up and make it as strong as you can? Sure. Lower the gear ratios on top of adding a lot more power? Not so much.
HTH
Beef everything up and make it as strong as you can? Sure. Lower the gear ratios on top of adding a lot more power? Not so much.
HTH
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From: long island NY
If you're going to stay where you are right now with the engine mods, etc, I would vote for 4.10s. On the other hand, if you will be making changes in the future such as increasing the cubic inches or adding a huffer (or both), then I would definitely say stay with the 3.42s. Significant increases in power also brings significant increases in torque and lower gears can definitely prove to be a handicap when trying to get power to the ground. This is especially true on a street driven car. It is for this reason that I chose to stay with my 3.42s when I went through my drivetrain.
Beef everything up and make it as strong as you can? Sure. Lower the gear ratios on top of adding a lot more power? Not so much.
HTH
Beef everything up and make it as strong as you can? Sure. Lower the gear ratios on top of adding a lot more power? Not so much.
HTH
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I also have 4:10's and I wish you could drive a C5 with them. It is a blast to drive. My friend has a C6 Z06 and loves the way mine takes off. Much more responsive than his on takeoff. After that....... well you know how fast a C6 Z06 is. He is thinking about getting 4:10's for his. If he does I just can't imagine the off line power he will have. It would be hard to stall it with 4:10's also. You can easily take off without giving it any gas. I can spin the tires at a 5 mph roll all the way to 6K if I want to. Some control of the pedal is necessary to avoid losing traction or a nice set of NITTO drag radials.
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With a fairly stock motor I would go 4.10"s. I had them with the 346 and loved them, but when I went to the 418 and all the low end torque, I backed off to 3.73.
Good luck with your decision, and get ready for the perma-grin, no matter which one you choose.
Good luck with your decision, and get ready for the perma-grin, no matter which one you choose.
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If you're going to stay where you are right now with the engine mods, etc, I would vote for 4.10s. On the other hand, if you will be making changes in the future such as increasing the cubic inches or adding a huffer (or both), then I would definitely say stay with the 3.42s. Significant increases in power also brings significant increases in torque and lower gears can definitely prove to be a handicap when trying to get power to the ground. This is especially true on a street driven car. It is for this reason that I chose to stay with my 3.42s when I went through my drivetrain.
Beef everything up and make it as strong as you can? Sure. Lower the gear ratios on top of adding a lot more power? Not so much.
HTH
Beef everything up and make it as strong as you can? Sure. Lower the gear ratios on top of adding a lot more power? Not so much.
HTH
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When you have lots of HP, the stock 3.42s could be faster with all the low end torque.
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i laugh at the people who say gears are a hadicap when you have that much low end power etc... if u have the money to put all this into ur motor why not put a set of nice rubber on the back to help get the power to the ground.. my cars a 408 makin 510/500 and then another 150 on the dope and it has 3.90s!! hooks quite well when i need it to with my mickeys.. if u have 3.42's i think personally it would be a waste of alot of money to swap to anything but 3.90/4.10s
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I have an M12 which is like having 3.90s on a base M6.
I like it... when I add a blower I'll be glad I didn't have any more gear than that.
On my old car (2002 Firehawk) I had 4.11 gears with an M6 and 421rwhp and they were great... in fact I would have liked 4.30s I'm sure.
Then I got addicted to boost. With twin turbos and all that torque (600ft) I couldn't hook for anything until 4th gear even though I had drag radials.
I switched back to 3.42s and things were much better. That car hooked 2nd gear (sometimes) and it flat out MOVED!
Much better than dancing on the gas trying to keep the car straight.
I like it... when I add a blower I'll be glad I didn't have any more gear than that.
On my old car (2002 Firehawk) I had 4.11 gears with an M6 and 421rwhp and they were great... in fact I would have liked 4.30s I'm sure.
Then I got addicted to boost. With twin turbos and all that torque (600ft) I couldn't hook for anything until 4th gear even though I had drag radials.
I switched back to 3.42s and things were much better. That car hooked 2nd gear (sometimes) and it flat out MOVED!
Much better than dancing on the gas trying to keep the car straight.
