Need Gear Recommendation

Glenn Hayes · 01-07-2013, 04:27 PM

[QUOTE=Joe DeMarzo;364299]Dan, Lonnie and Glen, though I have never tried (yet) shifting at 5100 and 5500 seems low for a small block that doesnt make tons of HP? You would be putting the load on the motor at that RPM and even a good SB would not be able to carry that load/weight? Use the multiplication of the gears, converter and trans to do some of the work.

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I know it sounds crazy Joe, but we tried shift points all over the place,I learned that with my engine, this worked. It would run to 7000 rpm in the lights, but we often wondered if I had put a 4.33 gear in it that it would have been even quicker.
Of course, that was then, and I had stock heads, not he 'good'

stocker heads and intake. Back then there was 30-40+ more HP in the good heads and intakes

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01-07-2013, 04:27 PM	#12
Glenn Hayes Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Weeki Wachee, Florida Posts: 348 Likes: 416 Liked 18 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Need Gear Recommendation [QUOTE=Joe DeMarzo;364299]Dan, Lonnie and Glen, though I have never tried (yet) shifting at 5100 and 5500 seems low for a small block that doesnt make tons of HP? You would be putting the load on the motor at that RPM and even a good SB would not be able to carry that load/weight? Use the multiplication of the gears, converter and trans to do some of the work. QUOTE] I know it sounds crazy Joe, but we tried shift points all over the place,I learned that with my engine, this worked. It would run to 7000 rpm in the lights, but we often wondered if I had put a 4.33 gear in it that it would have been even quicker. Of course, that was then, and I had stock heads, not he 'good' stocker heads and intake. Back then there was 30-40+ more HP in the good heads and intakes . __________________ "Real Race Cars Have Tailgates"