what gears in my 94 GT

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5.0guy7

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I recently purchased a totally stock 94 GT with an AODE and 2.73 gears. It felt sluggish, so I replaced the coil, put on super conductors and NGK V-power plugs with a K&N cold air kit and took it to my local strip… my suspicions were confirmed with a heartbreaking ¼ time of 16.3! My next step is gears, but I don’t know what to get with the AODE. I am going to build it as a NA street car and put gt40p heads and gt40 upper and lower intakes on it with an E cam. This is not my daily driver if that helps, and I would like to wake it up and get better quarter mile times but I don’t know which gears I should put in it? I am thinking 3.73 or 4.10
Thanks!
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Try cleaning the MAF sensor for the sluggish problem. What was the MPH?

 

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Quarter mile stats...
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60ft et 2.5683
330ft et 7.2199
1/8 et 10.8462
1/8 mph 68.50
1000 et 13.9050
1000 mph 80.19
1/4 et 16.3003
1/4 mph 88.17

 

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i ran 10.1 at 72 in the 1/8th and my car is stock 94 aode.

 

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The typical rule of thumb for a DD is to go 3.73's with a 5sp, and 4.10 with the auto. But, since yours isn't your DD, I'm assuming freeway rpm's won't really matter, so my choice would be 4.30's in your case. That, coupled with some sticky tires and it should feel like a totally different car.

 

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"60ft et 2.5683"

That's killing you right there. You are driving a 15.7 sec car that is not hooking up 60 ft.

4.10's.

 

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1TallMF said:

The typical rule of thumb for a DD is to go 3.73's with a 5sp, and 4.10 with the auto. But, since yours isn't your DD, I'm assuming freeway rpm's won't really matter, so my choice would be 4.30's in your case. That, coupled with some sticky tires and it should feel like a totally different car.

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is that a coupe or a conv.?

anyways, I would probably go with 4.10s if I were you.

 

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4.10s w/ a 3000-ish stall convertor.

And get that 60ft down to a 2.0. You'll be in 14s no problem. It's all in the launch...

I got my best 60ft times launching off idle and putting the pedal about 3/4 to the floor. You want to hit the gas enough to get you going but not enough to spin. Once you get rolling floor it and hang on.

Seat time will teach you launching. My first 60fts were 2.4s and on same tires dropped to 2.0 w/ practice.

Now I have Nittos... looking for even better 60fts now.

 

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nm... lol helps to read the WHOLE post...