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Old Jun 3, 2002 | 06:15 PM
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I have 4.10s w/ my AOD. Is that a good enough gear for my car? Or should i have gone w/ 3.73 or something? What kinda gear will make my car run the fastest?
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Old Jun 3, 2002 | 09:05 PM
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4.10 is perfect for a aod, it might hurt you in the wallet a little bit if you do a lot of highway driving but nothing major. the only think i will say is get drag radials, with street tires and a 4.10 you are like Cheech and Chong, up in smoke.
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Old Jun 4, 2002 | 10:15 AM
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it also depend where ur end goal is...i know my end goal was 11.60's with power adder, when i had my AOD everyone told me that with 4.10 gear and power adder going that fast ill be hitting redline b4 i hit the 1/4 mi mark, so i would have to either drop to a lower rear gear or switch to manual.
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in the immortal words of the very wise Kid Rock, "3 foot tall with a 10 foot dick"

though for me, you'd have to change it to 10 inches, and you'd have to change inches to millimeters, and you'd have to change 10 to 5 and you'd have to change dick to poor excuse for one.
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Old Jun 4, 2002 | 12:17 PM
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with a 4.10 gear and AOD you could run into the 10s before you run out of gear.
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Old Jun 4, 2002 | 01:21 PM
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ur not supposed to race in O/D...so unless its a built AOD such as lentech and has a different gearing inside the trans u will run out of gear..with my C4..which is 3spd no O/D i am at 5700 at 110mph...and 11.60 sec pass should put me around 118-120ish..if im redlining at 110 what do u call the next 8-10mph? rev limiter..id say, u can take an AOD into the 10's sure, but ur gonna need a 8-9k redline.
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Originally Posted by moldyhands
in the immortal words of the very wise Kid Rock, "3 foot tall with a 10 foot dick"

though for me, you'd have to change it to 10 inches, and you'd have to change inches to millimeters, and you'd have to change 10 to 5 and you'd have to change dick to poor excuse for one.
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Old Jun 4, 2002 | 01:35 PM
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you can't compair you 3speed to a aod. what did you redline at prior to your C4? i will put money on it that it was not at 110 and if it was you had some major problems.
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i have always been told not to race in O/D, the o/d band is weak and racing in it will cause complications after a while...so in that case i would say it might have been somewhere around 110 NOT in o/d...i however did race in overdrive quite often and look where my AOD is now...in the trash...but just as an FYI in o/d ive hit almost 140
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Originally Posted by moldyhands
in the immortal words of the very wise Kid Rock, "3 foot tall with a 10 foot dick"

though for me, you'd have to change it to 10 inches, and you'd have to change inches to millimeters, and you'd have to change 10 to 5 and you'd have to change dick to poor excuse for one.
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