gears???

[ocbaud]

i was gonna wait and install my gears and posi at the same time, but the engine will not hear of that. it wants new gears asap. next week i'm gonna order my gears. i was gonna go with 3.73's, but..... would anything lower be better for me?

[bigblock73]

What are you trying to acclomplish? Do you want to go fast from a dead stop? Do you want to have good top end? Do you want a good all around gear?

3.50-3.73 gears are good all around gears, they let you cruise on the hwy at decent rpm's while giving you good take off.

I am running 4.10 gears, but I also have a 700r4. I will have excellent acceleration, but at the same time my rpm's will be manageable on the hwy...unlike before when I had a th350.

[ocbaud]

my 2.73's are so dog slow. it just doesnt want to accelorate at all off the line

[bigblock73]

Originally posted by ocbaud
my 2.73's are so dog slow. it just doesnt want to accelorate at all off the line

BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT? acceleration, top end, or somewhere in the middle?

acceleration = 3.73 and down (numerically up)

both = 3.23-3.73 or so

top end = 3.23 and up (numerically down)

I bet with your 2.73's you would have real nice top end.

[ocbaud]

i want 3.73's then

[NeCrOmAnCeR]

Be careful, you will have to set up the gears twice if you put them on the stock carrier and then a posi (I'm assuming an eaton or something) Setting up a set of gears which has run on a different carrier can sometimes be difficult. So save up and do it all at once.