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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 07:48 PM
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383 WOW

sorry this is probaly not the right place to post this but I just drove my 85 iroc with 383 today for the first time since swaped it out from the wore out 305 and god I love this car but now I need gears what ratio are you guys running it is an auto with 2500 stall and a 9 bolt not sure of ratio the rear is my next project rear tire is bfg 275 65 r15
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 11:10 PM
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Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: L92/LQ4 (both w/4" stroke)
Transmission: 4L80E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
Need more engine details, and what you plan to do with it (street, cruise, daily driver, street/strip, etc.).
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 01:58 PM
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Re: 383 WOW

engine details flat top pistons world product sportsman 2 heads 64 cc lunati cam 525 lift on both sides 284 duration bowtie single plane intake speed demon 750 vacuum sec. carb headman long tube headers with mufflers only it is mostly just a cruiser and some track time we have a street legal day at the local track that is fun but nothing serious I think the 4.11s will be good becuse its not like im going to drive cross country and it has overdrive if you need to drive highway miles I just have not sat down and done the math but if I could cruis along at 75 with moderate revs I would be happy
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 02:56 PM
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Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: L92/LQ4 (both w/4" stroke)
Transmission: 4L80E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
9-bolt will limit your gear choices. I'd think you'd be quite happy with 3.70's, though.
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 08:29 PM
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Engine: 388 sbc, Brodix Track 1s
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Axle/Gears: 4.10 gears
Re: 383 WOW

I run a 9 bolt and have 4:10 gears. When I ordered them about 4 years ago from Miles at 9bolt.com, he had 3:70, 3:90 and 4:10 gears avail at the time.
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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Car: 84 Z28
Engine: 383
Transmission: TKO 600
Axle/Gears: 3.73/Strange 12 bolt
Re: 383 WOW

Originally Posted by carbediroc
sorry this is probaly not the right place to post this but I just drove my 85 iroc with 383 today for the first time since swaped it out from the wore out 305 and god I love this car but now I need gears what ratio are you guys running it is an auto with 2500 stall and a 9 bolt not sure of ratio the rear is my next project rear tire is bfg 275 65 r15

I've got a 383/T-56 combo into a Strange S60 with 4.10 gears. It works really well on the street, especially at the occasional stop light gran prix.

Also, your posts would be a lot easier to read with a little punctuation.
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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thanks for the info guys. I think I will try the 4.10s .
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