what gears to go with?

[folkswagen]

im building my 88 gt 5speed and im putting on D0OE heads probably a x303 and its gonna be carb the intirior is gonna be mostly striped it has lakewood 50/50 rear shocks and 1.5 in. lowering drag springs in the rear and im gonna get traction action bars. im not shur what im gonna do yet for the front suspention yet or what tires in gonna use or what gears so if i could get some recamendations on those things..that would be nice.

[folkswagen]

and im probably gonna spray a 100-200 shot sometimes.

[theavenger333]

2.73s. good gears

[Ryan78]

sounds like you are building a drag car. 4.10 or 4.30 gears would be good.

[07ROUSHSTG3]

sounds like you are building a drag car. 4.10 or 4.30 gears would be good.

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[UnderPSI]

4:56

[forest]

no lower than 3.90:1 up to 4.88:1

[badass88gt]

You guys are nuts. With a 4.56 and a 200 shot he'll run out of gear long before the finish line.

I would run a 4.10. There are much better cam choices than the X. I wouldnt bother with those 351 heads unless their free. Even then the performance gain over stock isnt worth the cost of the gaskets unless you port them yourself, and even then theyre nothing spectacular. It all starts with getting them decked and magnafluxed/degreased. Then you get the valve job....valve guides...upgrade to bigger/non press style rocker studs.....it gets expensive...in the end you have a set of mediocre heavy iron heads. You could find yourself a set of P heads and be much better off for a good price.

There are better choices for the lower control arm. Look at companies like UPR or Baseline Suspensions for the control arms.

For the front, if you have the money you could do a tubular Kmember kit from someone like UPR. They come with the Kmember, a-arms and coil over set for around $600, all Chrome Moly. Otherwise there are companies that make drag coil sets that work well for a 12-13 second car like that.

What springs are you gonna run? 1 1/2" drop or drag springs. Lowering springs are not drag springs.

[UnderPSI]

I have no idea what the trans ratios are. I was just throwing that one out there.

[70 cutlass 442]

3.73 suck for spray, i with i had 3.42s or less

[brewcity_mach1]

sounds like you are building a drag car. 4.10 or 4.30 gears would be good.

+1

[slickwilly]

If you ever plan to drive it on the streets, I'd personally recommend a 3.55 or 3.73. I have a nearly stock '91 with 3.45s and I could certainly tolerate shorter gears, but I'm happy with where they are. My buddy has a '94 with heads/cam/intake and he's got 3.55s, says he's more than happy. He did have 4.10s at one point and said that it was a lot of fun at the track, but not really all that useful on the street.

[Ryan78]

If you ever plan to drive it on the streets, I'd personally recommend a 3.55 or 3.73. I have a nearly stock '91 with 3.45s and I could certainly tolerate shorter gears, but I'm happy with where they are. My buddy has a '94 with heads/cam/intake and he's got 3.55s, says he's more than happy. He did have 4.10s at one point and said that it was a lot of fun at the track, but not really all that useful on the street.

I have 4.10's in my car and they are just fine on the street. Highway cruising is fine also. I only seen a loss of 1 mpg on the highway and no change for city driving. Never fear the gear. Wish I had gone with 4.30's.....

[DRK]

Never fear the gear.

except when your bouncing off the rev limiter at 1000ft

[Want_Notch]

5.86's

[Prince Valiant]

6:13's

[Want_Notch]

10.12's

[Prince Valiant]

12:10's....with 24" OD tires!

[Want_Notch]

LOL........top speed of about 12mph

[folkswagen]

yeah i was planning on going with 4:10's but i wish i someone made like 4:20's or someting like that, something between 4:10's and 4:30's is what i want but idk if anyone makes something between those 2. and also front suspension wise i was thinking about going with new stock 4cly suspension...... what the word on that.