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eleanor'03

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in the past i heard that if ur planning on gettin a blower that u should get 3.73 gears b/c in the quarter mile u'll be outta fourth by the end if u get 4.10's. But after spreadman's vid everyone seems to say the the 410's are better...i saw his vids but he doesnt have a blower...which would be better for a blower 373 or 410...i'm not gonna be racing at the track much but even then will i be in high rpms wasting alot of gas w/ this blower and gears?
 
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go with 3.73 with a blower. you still want your 1st gear to exist.
 

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3.73's
 
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3.73's
 
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alright great that's wat i thought..i guess some people got to excited on the 4.10's video(even though it was very informative) but i figured it was too much for a blower..thanx
 

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You're not going to win a race in 1st gear. You win it in 3rd or 4th, depending on how fast you want to go.

I'm planning on adding a Vortech with my 4.10's. It NEEDS it. 1st is quick, there is NO doubt about it, but 2nd through 5th needs some grunt.

A good friend of mine had a 411rwhp Vorteched 02GT with 4.10s and it was a BLAST. I recently drove his car again when he swapped out for 3.55's, and it's a DOG down low, and it seems to take forever to get into boost....for daily driving. He swapped because he was hitting the rev limiter in 4th crossing the 1/4 mile. But he still claims to this day that 4.10's and a blower are awesome on the street. I heartedly agree. I've driven both, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Now, if you were going with a KB, I would look at going with 3.73's, just because gears ARE a torque multiplier, and it might have traction issues down low.

But in any other situation, 4.10's all the way.

Hell, instead of spending all the money I did on my 15 exhaust combos, I could have bought a t56 for my 4.10's.
 
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