gears

i have a 98 ss and i want to get aset of gears that will drop my et

4.10's will drop it alot, just might not be as streetable as you'd like. If you're looking for a compromise, try 3.73's. I've not ever done a swap, but I'm told this is more along the "best of both worlds" route...

im thinking about the swap too , my friends all say 4.10's but I want 3.73's lol , I want more tire ripping than my 3.08's can handle :) but it is my daily driver and it will always be because I would never drive anything less !!! :)

It depends on if you have an A4 or M6 tranny. If you have an A4 I wouldnt go lower than 3.73's. 4.10's are great in the M6's. I had them for a while.

i have an A4 , but I just cant see putting 4.10's in my dd :)

Originally posted by BigJustinZ28
i have an A4 , but I just cant see putting 4.10's in my dd :)

I agree, Plus you wouldnt get any gas mileage. I didnt notice any real difference with the 4.10's and M6 on mileage.:D

hehe , one day im going to put a T-56 in this car !!! If I had the money and didnt just rebuild my auto i'd do it now !!! lol. I imagine the manuals dont lose as much gas mileage as an auto would with the same rear mods !!!! you can always shift earlier in a manual (if you want hehe i would just chirp the tires every gear heheheheh). Alot of people ask me why I dont just get another car . WHY ? its an 84 and probably one of the best (sub $5000) performance / mileage compromises I can get and still Have a nimble sport coupe. Plus that look , i love it !!! Plus what am I gonna drive when I get my dream car (69 SS 396 camaro , jet black blower through the hood ... droool) . A pinto ??? I think not!!!

Originally posted by BigJustinZ28
hehe , one day im going to put a T-56 in this car !!!

That would be sweet, Have you seen the cars with the LS1 put in them? Theres a white one running in the 11's.:ylsuper

yeah i seen those :) , makes me drool. I am actually going the other route , I have a 327 HO 350hp from an old vette i think im going to drop it into my car and kind of try and adapt the 350HO conversion to it. Hardest part will be to get a chip burned for it but i bet it can be done and it would be pretty badass :) , never seen a 327 in a 3rd gen before !!! :smoker2:

Originally posted by BigJustinZ28
im thinking about the swap too , my friends all say 4.10's but I want 3.73's lol , I want more tire ripping than my 3.08's can handle :) but it is my daily driver and it will always be because I would never drive anything less !!! :)
are you guys talking about 0-60's?????:confused:

Nope, they're talking about the gear ratios in the rear end...

I'd trade my 84 trans am to someone if they could make my ole 84 z28 go 0-60 in 3.08 secs :) , without nitrous of course hehe.

hey justin what does your 84 z28 do in the quarter mile?

Hey Extinct, when you changed your rear gears, did you recalibrate your speedo and odometer? How?

Originally posted by fatninja19
Hey Extinct, when you changed your rear gears, did you recalibrate your speedo and odometer? How?

I had the Hypertech Power Programmer lll

stock an 84 z28 does the quarter in about 15.3 sec's IIRC. I dont know what mine does , Ive got bigger 94 z28 (16x8.5) , a K&N filter , a flowmaster muffler , and a B&M Megashifter. The wheels really hold well , they plant and the car hunches and goes !!! :) . It feels faster than a car doing 15's but remember the butt-o-meter is somewhat biased. Once I put a 3.73 in the rear I might make the 2 hour drive to the 1/8th track in liz city , n.c. and give it a run. The car has 3.08's in it now (someone switched the rear axle at some point , supposed to be 3.42 limited) so its not a super burnout machine (it can but not crazy , also the fat tires dont help) . Tell ya one thing though , this car is a cornering machine ,it handles great and I love the way the whole car feels , even not being super fast its still a very fun car .