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**jocko** · 08-29-2010, 10:54 AM

i'll vote with fleetsidelarry - you get the best of both worlds with the 700r4. decent 1st gear for acceleration and BETTER mileage/lower rpm at whatever highway cruising speed you happen to be at. 700r4.

But I will admit, I have a similar problem, a 3.73 with the desire to put in either a tremec or a 700r4... either way, I will then easily smoke the tires in 1st... not exactly something I'm looking for on this build. I'm a bug fan of tremec/700r4 and 3.42 gearing together. But now that doesn't help your choice dilemma at all does it...

In the end, I'm going to choose based on desired highway cruising rpm - so I will be going with the trans swap 1st.

08-29-2010, 10:54 AM	#11
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 18,001	Re: Trans vs rear end i'll vote with fleetsidelarry - you get the best of both worlds with the 700r4. decent 1st gear for acceleration and BETTER mileage/lower rpm at whatever highway cruising speed you happen to be at. 700r4. But I will admit, I have a similar problem, a 3.73 with the desire to put in either a tremec or a 700r4... either way, I will then easily smoke the tires in 1st... not exactly something I'm looking for on this build. I'm a bug fan of tremec/700r4 and 3.42 gearing together. But now that doesn't help your choice dilemma at all does it... In the end, I'm going to choose based on desired highway cruising rpm - so I will be going with the trans swap 1st. Last edited by jocko; 08-29-2010 at 10:55 AM.