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06-02-2005 05:59 PM #1
How Much Do Gears Help???!!
well i got another big Q... well i got a 1950 chevy pickup.. that is now 60 lbs shy of 4000 lbs... lol.. i know i know.. alot of that has to do with my system.. but anyways.. i have stock 2.73 gears from the good ol el camino subframe and rear end and i have a set of 4.10 gears that im soon going to be puting in.. drive train starts with a pretty much stock 283.. bored out .60 over.. and recently added was a 700r4 transmission, hurst Q stick shifter, holley contender intake and holley 600 cft vac secondary carb, and headers. when the engine was completely stock.. manifolds th400 tranny , and original 2bbl carb.. it ran 18.13 second quarter ( yes i know )... when i added the carb and intake, i could instantly tell the differance. next addition was the headers and the 700r4 tranny.. ive had the tranny in for about a week and the first gear in the 700's is amazing.. haha i can roast them off like none other now... but the second gear is a hog.. takes forever.. but i dunno yet, im going to bring it to the track tomorrow to see what times it is now (still not too much to brag about) but when i get my times up after the races... then can you people tell me how much a differance the step from the 2.73 gears to the 4.10 gears is gonna make.??? if anyone can help me out here that would be great..!!
Ditto on the model kits! My best were lost when the Hobby Shop burned under suspicious circumstances....
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