Since I shredded the teeth off of my 12 bolt's 3.08 ring and pinion this afternoon, I was thinking of reinstalling my old 4.10's and attempting some powershifts into 5th at the track.

Has anyone tried this? Just trying to figure out if I'm guaranteed carnage.

BTW, a 3.23 gear would be ideal for my car but I cannot find one for a 12 bolt. Any leads on that would be appreciated as well.

 

I would'nt try it Jim. A friend of mine toasted his 5th gear BAD by doing that.

BTW, your new setup is killer That has to be alot of fun.
Jason

 

lol, i think jason meant "would not"

 

Have you thought about upgrading to the viper internals. 33 spline main shaft, Steel fork, bigger bearings, etc? I think if mine 28 spline goes im going to upgrade. I think there is even a bigger input shaft but I dont think the stock 26 is a problem? Also my mcleod still holds very well. I spoke with George awhile back and they have a new set of discs that are rated for around 1300hp. So if I ever have clutch problems the next step up in now avalible. At this point I see no point in the auto with the following upgrades avalible.
Im just interested to see if anyone has done the viper internals running 9's and not having to take the tranny out a few times a season.

 

Taner is one of the quicker LT1 6 speed guys (9 second car), and I believe he has done the viper internals. You might ask him

 

i would highly reccomend against it. 5/6th counter gear is VERY weak.

 

yep....that is what I meant.....excuse the idiot

 

Well, I just threw an old set of 3.55's in there for now.

The problem is that the engine only rev's to 6k, so I run out of rpm with 3.42's, they don't make 3.23's, and 3.08's are a bitch to launch.

I'm going to change the cam and a few other things to try and get it to spin to 6,500, but then it will likely have more power and still run out of gear with 3.42's.

A T-braked turbo 400 and 3.08 gears sure would make things easier, but I'm not giving up just yet

 

Well, I've tried it on the highway a couple of times, highly doubt my tranny liked it. It balked at going into 5th for a few minutes thereafter. I dunno if I hurt it or not...

 

im pretty sure that taner has stock internals. but he has had them cryoed.

but im not positive.