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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 01:25 PM
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Help picking gears

Ok so the car in sig is going to be sprayed here within the next month. It had 4.10's in it but that rear end went bye bye a few weeks ago and now has the stock 3.42 rear end in it.

The car puts down over 400 RWHP and NA I rev it to 6500. With the 4.10's it was perfect NA and pulled HARD.

I am going to be spraying a 150 shot on it and also getting a 12 bolt.

I will most likely run a 26" tall tire and dont know what gear to get.

My options:

Run a 26" tall tire, spray it, and run 3.73's.

or

Run a 28" tall tire, spray it and run 4.10's.

Ideas?
Old Mar 1, 2008 | 03:09 PM
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 03:11 PM
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I've done that gear calculator plenty of times. I guess more than anything I want the input of people running either setup.
Old Mar 1, 2008 | 08:29 PM
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Are you planning on running the 1/4-mile? What is the engine redline? How do you launch? Will the tires be bias-ply slicks (growth issues) or radials (no growth)? Can we assume you want to cross the traps in 4th gear?

I've run 26's with 3.73 with both an M6 and a TH400, and 28's with 4.10, but only with the TH400. It all comes down to matching the redline to the traps/MPH in the 1:1 gear, and using the resulting combo. You would probably be OK with a 26" tire with 403rwHP and a 150-shot.
Old Mar 3, 2008 | 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Injuneer
Are you planning on running the 1/4-mile? What is the engine redline? How do you launch? Will the tires be bias-ply slicks (growth issues) or radials (no growth)? Can we assume you want to cross the traps in 4th gear?

I've run 26's with 3.73 with both an M6 and a TH400, and 28's with 4.10, but only with the TH400. It all comes down to matching the redline to the traps/MPH in the 1:1 gear, and using the resulting combo. You would probably be OK with a 26" tire with 403rwHP and a 150-shot.
Yes I am running the 1/4 mile. Redline is 6500 RPM. WILL be launching it at around 3500-4000 with the 12 bolt. For now I am just running Mickey Thompson ET Street Radials and will probably keep on running them for a while. Yes, I would like to cross in 4th gear.

So you said I should be OK with a 26" tall tire with 403 RWHP and a 150-shot on 4.10's???
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