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Old 12-22-2001, 04:35 PM   #1
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i have a question. i want to build a hill racer, street strip car. its a 86 iroc lg4 305 5 speed. The road me and my friends race on is curvey and hilly. will 4:56 gears and 255-50-16 tires. will that be too much gearing for it. will i run out of top end speed at the strip with it.
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i want lots of torque and hp out of the hole and coming out of corners
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Old 12-28-2001, 11:26 AM   #3
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i have a 3.73 gear and i have hills that i play on and my car does excellent. I think 4.56 is too steep for first gear .
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IMO 4.56 is too much for a street cat, 4.10 is about the max and thats still pushing it for practicality.
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with 4.56 gears you will have uncontrolable wheel-spinin 1st gear!!!
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