wazup guys! I have very little knowledge about rearends. I am about to buy a 93 gt with 4.11 gears in it but it is about 6 hours away from me and my truck is in the body shop and i cant trailer it, but my ? is would the car make it with those gears in the rear? Would that drive burn the gears up and would lock up? Someone told me that it willl, but i just want to make sure. Thanks guys.
4.11 gears
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parrish5o
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Gears that low are in no way interstate friendly but you should have no problem making the trip. I have 3.73s in mine and at 65 -70mph it really starts to suck gas. Just don't get in any hurry and have plenty of gas money and you will be fine.
You'll be fine gonna have to go a little slower and your gonna be runnin at least 3000 rpm the whole way you wont burn nothin up there made to run
Its gonna cost a mint in gas you may even have to speed up and then pull it out of gear to give the motor a break every now and then
thats what i would do
Its gonna cost a mint in gas you may even have to speed up and then pull it out of gear to give the motor a break every now and then
thats what i would do
faststang90
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what r u getting the car for
what r u getting the car for just racing or a driver. if its just for racing and playing. i would stay with that gear if its a daily driver. i would change them and go to 3:55. maybe rent a truck u have to get there any ways so u got to drive there any ways be just as cheap as to pay the gas bill for both cars going there and coming back
what r u getting the car for just racing or a driver. if its just for racing and playing. i would stay with that gear if its a daily driver. i would change them and go to 3:55. maybe rent a truck u have to get there any ways so u got to drive there any ways be just as cheap as to pay the gas bill for both cars going there and coming back
KamiKaziDK
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AOD or T5?? In no way will your gears burn up from running at 3k rpms, and it's not going to hurt your engine at all either, you'll be fine, just pay a little more in gas for a real long trip like that....in town driving it's actually possible to get better gas mileage with low gears like that due to the engine not spending so much time in the lower rpms where it struggles to get into the powerband
thanks alot guys
MadDAWG_zr2
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You probably spend less in gas than what you'd spend in gas with a truck and trailer.
Were are you guys getting 3000 rpm? @ 75mph with a 26 tire and a.68 overdrive I get 2700. I run 4.10s in my car with no worries on the highway. I can see were parrish would suck some gas with a 347, but a 302/306 isn't bad at all.
Were are you guys getting 3000 rpm? @ 75mph with a 26 tire and a.68 overdrive I get 2700. I run 4.10s in my car with no worries on the highway. I can see were parrish would suck some gas with a 347, but a 302/306 isn't bad at all.
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