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Old 11-22-2014, 08:06 PM   #25
mechanicalman
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Re: My Build Thread (Sort of)

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Originally Posted by engineer_gregh View Post
Thanks Jeff. The 3.73 gears with the 700R4 is a great combination. You have the best of both worlds with really good take off power and low RPM highway speeds. I think I'm going to go with a gear vendors overdrive for the turbo 400 and change my gears to 3.42. I would love to have 3.73 but I don't want to change the carrier to get them.
I used a spacer plate from a car 12 bolt to do mine. I did have to take it to a machine shop and have it surface ground from .333" down to .250".

That being said, I think with the 700R4 you will be happy with the 3.42 gears.
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