hey dudes, I am in the market for some new gears from my stock 2.73's


I have heard alot about going to 3.73's cause they feel like torque multiplication


but my question is with this affect my accel on the highway, the thing I like about my 2.73's is that it will shift down and just go, i was wondering if i got 3.73s will they do the same or are they mostly from going from a stop

i know street racing is bad, but i do it and alot of it is on the highway

thanks for any input

 

Leave your 2.73's if you like to run on the highway. *I'm not supporting it or anything, just saying...*

I mean, sure, I've got 4.10's in my car (A4) and I drive on the highway all the time. Mileage is a little worse, not doubt! But what I have to do is manually downshift if I really want the car to accelerate.....otherwise the tranny will usually only drop 1 gear if I just hit the gas. The problem is though, that all of the higher end acceleration (from just over ~100 mph + ) is in 4th gear (OD) which isn't the best gear to try to accelerate or race in .

Even when my car was bone stock, with 2.73's, if I punched it at ~80 mph, the tranny downshifted to 2nd gear, and pulled like a bat-outta-hell 'til redline in 3rd! (~165 mph).

Unless you really want the neck snapping acceleration off the line, leave your 2.73's. Just giving you my $.02 from experience.

 

...sorry, had an afterthought:

Get a stall converter (with lock-up), keep your highway mileage, but perform better off the line and even out on the highway. That's your best bet.

 

Thanks for the info dude

I guess i will be putting my money toward a converter

i was thinking like a Vig 2800 and trans cooler

any thoughts?

 

Just dont hit 3rd gear and bog it down with the 2.73's.