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Old Oct 29, 2022 | 02:50 PM
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i have a bone stock 01 convertible from california with highway gear and automatic very slow at lower speeds was thinking of a tune to brighten it up it just needs some fire down below as most of my driving is rural to outer city driving some people suggest changing ring and pinion to 3/90 or cam change i would like to get away with tone from vette shop what do you guys think
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i have a bone stock 01 convertible from california with highway gear and automatic very slow at lower speeds was thinking of a tune to brighten it up it just needs some fire down below as most of my driving is rural to outer city driving some people suggest changing ring and pinion to 3/90 or cam change i would like to get away with tone from vette shop what do you guys think
One of the best things you can do with the A4 is install a 3.42 diff from a C5 Z06. If not that, a 3.73. Any lower than that, with the 4L60E 1st gear being so low, it'll be hard to hook up unless you go to really sticky, short tread life DR'S. Also, the lower geared diff (higher numerically) you go with, the increased likelihood of spitting the diff all over the track. My .02......
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