I just got a 99 Z M6 and I was thinking about 4 10 gears. Have any of you guys experienced these and how will my car respond? I also heard that us gear makes good ones. THanks!!

 

never driven 4/10's but i have 3.73's and i like them..if that helps out

 

What the hell does SOTP mean???
I know I'm retarted.....

 

SOTP= Seat Of The Pants, it means- how much horsepower it FEELS like it has.

 

You should definately get some SOTP gains from 410's. Along with the ability to make clouds of tire smoke every where you go and decreased fuel economy.

If that's what you want, enjoy.

 

I figured it was something along those lines.
Thanks

 

410 is a whole new world

 

Ok. I am convinced that 4:10's are the way to go. I want to plant my passengers head in to the seat and I think 4:10's are the right choice THey have to come after the loudmouth exhaust though........

 

4.10's or 3/73... i think 3.73's are better for n20 applications

 

go 3.73's (Motive gears, VERY quiet) and weld your axle tubes. 4.10's will be fun, no doubt but u will be hard pressed to find traction on street tires and when u throw on a sticky tire, there is always the chance of breaking the weak *** ten bolt.

 

I don't have gears, so I wouldn't have first hand experience with the increase of SOTP, but I know it's noticible. Also, pulleys seem to make a difference too. But when I got my pulleys, I could definitley feel a difference.

-John

 

Changing the gears will definitely give you a noticeable SOTP improvement. As long as you can get traction, you'll benefit at the track too. I can't relate any personal experience with gears in LS1 cars (yet), but I know that when I switched from 2.56 to 3.42 gears in my '81, I was like "holy Shyte!!!" ..........it was like a whole new car!

I'm planning on installing 3.73's in my car (A4) this year (unless someone convinces me before-hand that I should stop at 3.42's) so I think with the M6, you'd be fine dropping to 4.10's (since 3.42 -> 3.73 really isn't a big drop).

Aside from the big stuff like heads/cam, superchargers, nitrous, I don't think there's one single mod that will throw you through the seats like lower gears will, so that's my vote!