60MPH @4,000 RPM in Fifth Gear?
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Car: 1984 L69 Trans Am
Engine: 305
Transmission: T5
60MPH @4,000 RPM in Fifth Gear?
I bought this 84 T/A from a guy who claimed the PO was trying to turn it into a race car.
The car goes sixty at 4K in fifth gear which feels wrong. At every gear, it just feels terrible to drive. I know my 700R4 would do sixty at about 2,000 RPM. This car would need 50" tires to do the same!
Does this sound like a trans or rear-end problem? I'm thinking it's the transmission because the speedo appears to give an accurate reading. If he did something to the rear end instead, I think the speedo would read about double.
The car goes sixty at 4K in fifth gear which feels wrong. At every gear, it just feels terrible to drive. I know my 700R4 would do sixty at about 2,000 RPM. This car would need 50" tires to do the same!
Does this sound like a trans or rear-end problem? I'm thinking it's the transmission because the speedo appears to give an accurate reading. If he did something to the rear end instead, I think the speedo would read about double.
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Re: 60MPH @4,000 RPM in Fifth Gear?
sounds like rear it, do a service on it and see what gear you have.
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