gear ratios

echoinsilence said:

its 3.55 actually and it all depends on what you're doing with your car, if you have a turbo setup then a higher gear ratio like a 3.55 or 3.73 will actually be more beneficial and help you build boost faster because it puts more load on the motor. but for N/A setups you want a lower gear like a 4.10 or 4.30 and if you really want to get serious even a 4.56

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08gt08 said:

i have a 08 gt 5-speed and it came with 3.31 in it

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echoinsilence said:

I know he has 3.31's I was just sayin that the other gear is a 3.55 not a 3.53 and I'm pretty sure it depends whether it's an auto or stick as to which gear you get. I could be wrong though

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herm25 said:

i have an 09 5-speed, i never have figured out how gear ratios work i thought the lower the the number the better, cause that number tells you how many times the drive shaft spins before the tires do, so i figured lower was better, for some reason i thought 4.10 was standard and everyone was swapping to 3.73 and 3.53 lol.... i obviously misunderstood what i read.

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