Need a little help
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Car: '91 Camaro RS
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Need a little help
First off, I know barely anything about rear end gears, so what's the difference between bolt ring and pinion set and excel ring and pinion set? And will 3.73's be good with a 305? Or not any better than 3.42's?
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Re: Need a little help
I have asked part of this question. 3.42s are good for a 5.0. Most people who did 3.73s said that they would rather have done 3.42s. As far as the other stuff goes I'm still furing all this out my self haha.
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Re: Need a little help
But is having too high of gears a bad thing? Because if not then I don't really see the difference but like I said, I have barely any knowledge of this
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Re: Need a little help
Higher Gears generally means less MPG for one thing. But some state that not having to lay on the peddel to get up to speed evens it out.
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Re: Need a little help
That's true, I think I need to know more about the difference between bolt ring and excel ring first, then pick the ratio depending on the plans for my car
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Re: Need a little help
Should be some stuff if you click HOME and head to the tech articles or FAQs
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Re: Need a little help
Yup. Just look at Tech articles, go way down past engine and carbs/efi. And click GEARS.