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Old 10-10-2008, 06:51 PM
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John,
See you at Peets then. That is great news about the gear swap. As you described your motor and car to me, you are going to be happier discovering the new benefits of the taller gearset with your motor in such a lightweight car. Not just 4th gear benefits, but wait to you see how much more usable 1st/2nd gear become, and the newly discovered "slingshot effect" as I call it, as you load that torquey motor on takeoff and coming out of 2nd into 3rd will be more fun too. And, not to mention, not having to shift immediately and so frequently like you had to do with the 3.73s now.

Did you decide on 3.25s, 3.31s, 3.42s, or 3.54s/3.55s, as I don't recall if it was a Ford or GM diff in there?
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