Agreed, a set of gears and a short throw shifter was the best money spent from the get go!A set of 4.10 gears would be your best bet.
I I also agree that 4.10's are overkill on a stock 5.0 with a stock cam! good luck
If you have serious plans for HP in the future a 3.55 or 3.73's would be nice, the steeper gears sometimes run out too fast.
jhonda - I agree with your thinking...too often many people add to much gear to supplement what horsepower they don't have, we will just assume you are going to have lots of horsepower down the road
If you hit the highway often, I'd try some 3.73's or a bit lighter.
I think 4.10's are overkill. Friend did it to his 95 not to long ago...pretty boring in the high rpms.
Has anyone ever put a TF intake on a stock engine? Were there any gains?
Why would you assume...that leads to false assumptions....even if he did h/c/i He will NOT have lots of horsepower...what around 280-290rwhp on a good day....thats not alot....400rwhp is alot...4.10's will be perfect even with that amount of hp(300rwhp)...Its when you get 350rwhp and above 4.10 then might be too much gear. even then youll only go faster with 4.10's on the track...dont fear the gear.
these arent high rpm cars so of course it will be boring above 5500rpm, they stop making power at 5200rpm. My car went 14.5 with the same mods and 3.55's... then went to 4.10's and the same car cut 14.0's....3.55's are weak gears for these cars. go atleast 3.73 or go home...dont fear the gear youll regret it when you h/c/i car runs 13.3-13.0's with 3.55's, when you could be in the 12.8 range with 4.10's.
Even if you run out of 4th gear in the 1/4 mile Due to "too much power" and you have 4.10's... run a taller tire it will do the same thing as running less gear, run a 27" tire, it will make those 4.10 feel like 3.90's...28" tall tire will make them like 3.73's...see you have room to grow with your hp gain in the future...haha on that " alot" of Horsepower 302ci h/c/I car pushing a WHOPPING 290rwhp, yea thats alot of hp. lol, not really
BUT if you mess up and put 3.55's there no fix. you cant run a smaller tire, youll have to run a 24" tall tire....IMAGINE that....youll have to spend 400 on another gear swap, to do it again...something you should have done right in the first place, not have feared the gear. go 3.73 or 4.10 for a manual 5-speed car...
Now boosted that a different story, and depends on blower type also, centri go 3.73/4.10 in manual car Kenne Bell go 3.55's and turbo cars go 3.27 or 3.55
I Have thought about gears since I got to replace my lsd now...I just bought the lsd kit. But I have a T5 trans with a 3.55(i think) first gear, anyway its low. So I was thinking a 3.55 or 3.73, I have a 3.08 rear end from the factory. I do mostly highway driving and Love to get on it at the stoplights, I do plan on making around 300whp with this car, and also like to do some dragracing and roadcourse racing (Virginia internation Raceway, Lowes motorspeedway etc). I want a good allaround preformer...Thoughts????
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