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Mar 20, 2009 | 02:17 PM

revo1059

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Gear options for an A6

Have people been doing 3.90 in the A6? Seems like ALOT of gear for that trans. Thoughts? I'm on the fence about doing gears.....

Mar 20, 2009 | 03:13 PM

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Haven't seen that yet, but some 05s with an A4 do that.

3.15 and 3.42 are popular choices for the A6.

Mar 20, 2009 | 04:08 PM

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Talk to Chuck at Corvettes of Westchester (COW). He has had great success with lower gears behind the A6 trans.

Mar 20, 2009 | 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by revo1059

Have people been doing 3.90 in the A6? Seems like ALOT of gear for that trans. Thoughts?

No, I haven't heard of anyone doing 3.90s (in an A6) and yes it is A LOT of gear.

Mar 20, 2009 | 04:30 PM

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No, I haven't heard of anyone doing 3.90s (in an A6) and yes it is A LOT of gear.

Mar 20, 2009 | 04:51 PM

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No, I haven't heard of anyone doing 3.90s (in an A6) and yes it is A LOT of gear.

it might just shift into 6th in the 1/4

Mar 20, 2009 | 09:44 PM

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it might just shift into 6th in the 1/4

A cammed car might just be able to get away with 3.73s if the converter slip isn't too bad. with 300 rpm slip you could just about trap 124 in 4th at 7000 rpm. Add a little bigger tire and you're golden.

Mar 20, 2009 | 10:55 PM

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WoW Ragtop. It is amazing how you can calc speeds in qt mile like that. To the OP: I am a stoplight to stoplight guy and love my 3:15s

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Mar 21, 2009 | 08:45 AM

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WoW Ragtop. It is amazing how you can calc speeds in qt mile like that.

no magic. There are several gear calculators available. I use this one as it builds a table and copy them into Excel.
http://www.f-body.org/gears/

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