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That makes no sense - gearing is gearing. If you have to shift every second, sure it'll slow you down, but gearing will always speed you up in your engine's power band. Now if your motor runs out of steam at 4000 rpm's and you're already in your 1:1 transmission gear, yes you'll slow down above that but everything below will have a huge performance improvement with 4.10's over 2.73's.



It'd still be quicker (with traction) in all gears - you'll just run out of power sooner as you use up all the gearing.

Also, what are you claiming would be "slower"? Quarter mile? I would agree that with a stock 5.0 SO revving engine would only benefit from about 3.55's with an aod and 3.31's with a t5 - if I remember right, the stock SO 5.0 does die off at 4k, although with my old tired one, it felt like it fell apart at 3.5k.

In the 1/8, 4.10's would work much better, with traction.

His 4.10's should have a huge seat-of-pants feel improvement.

347Blunder....I have plenty of experience with gears.  With his combination...redneck thinking like yours is why so many people have the "bigger is better" complex.

More gear is better, isn't always the case.

My old SD AOD with 3.73's ran the same quarter and 1/8 times as my current MAF 351 T5 with 3.73's....and the 351 makes a bit more power and a ton more torque.  The 351 hooks up better with the 3.73's than the AOD car would....the 60' difference is only about .1 at most and this car is a bit heavier than the old one.

A car can "feel" a lot quicker without actually being quicker....FEEL is totally and completely subjective...what may feel like a HUGE difference to some may feel like a negligible difference to others.


Good luck,
Don

i had 2.73/tracloc before, 4.10/open now...

it runs good and pulls hard up to 6000rpms, it just doesnt seem like it accelerates any faster than before....wierd thing is it still hooks up...i just launched it at 4000rpm's in first and it only spun for a split second and it hooked and took off...

My old SD AOD with 3.73's ran the same quarter and 1/8 times as my current MAF 351 T5 with 3.73's

4.10's will hook better than a numerically lower gear

I thought tires hooked...not gears?

What I'm saying is that too much gear can be a bad thing.

My old SD 5.0 was a stock HO with LT headers and exhaust.  From 2.73's to 3.73's in that car was worth just under 4 tenths.  That's not a HUGE difference.  In a car with less power and torque(because his SD computer is confused about the B-cam) it would be even less dramatic...his car is most likely pig fat rich at low rpm and goes crazy lean after 2500-3000.

Like I said before...you need the right gear for the combination....or at least make sure you're getting what you pay for!  lol

Hey, we don't all have to agree....it's the internet...we just have to try to be civil about it.  That's what seperates us, as an internet community, from other forums.

-Don

What I'm saying is that too much gear can be a bad thing.

My old SD 5.0 was a stock HO with LT headers and exhaust.  From 2.73's to 3.73's in that car was worth just under 4 tenths.  That's not a HUGE difference.  In a car with less power and torque(because his SD computer is confused about the B-cam) it would be even less dramatic...his car is most likely pig fat rich at low rpm and goes crazy lean after 2500-3000.

Like I said before...you need the right gear for the combination....or at least make sure you're getting what you pay for!  lol

Hey, we don't all have to agree....it's the internet...we just have to try to be civil about it.  That's what seperates us, as an internet community, from other forums.

-Don

Ok, now I understand what you are saying, and I agree, like any modification ...the combination is critical .
Kinda like dumping a 1050cfm Holley  dominator on a completely stock  255 ci 81 Granada  wouldn't work out very well  .
 But I do stick by my stance that with absolutely no other modifications  gears will give you the best "bang for the buck" 0-60 :D

My bet is still on that the OP does NOT have 4.10's.

I thought tires hooked...not gears?