That little PD blower adds a lot of torque. You don't notice it really. One of the best mods I did was swapping to the T-56 in my 01. The gear spacing is a lot better in the 6 speed. Made the car better to drive.
Gear swap?!?!
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Is anybody happy with the stock 327 gears? I just bought my 01 and it has 373 gears swapped into it without correcting the speedometer. I'm torn between spending $400 on a Bama tuner to correct the speedo, or put $$ towards going back to 327s. I'm in Maine where the highway speed limit is 75mph and they leave you alone (for the most part
if you keep it under 90. I kinda miss the days of my 86 notchback with 273 gears and really being able to stretch its legs! I love a good highway gear, but a lot of people seam to like the 410, 430, etc.
if you keep it under 90. I kinda miss the days of my 86 notchback with 273 gears and really being able to stretch its legs! I love a good highway gear, but a lot of people seam to like the 410, 430, etc.
The 373’s are a great all around gear. I had them then went 410’s with an 18 in. X 101/2 wide tire. The 410’s are nice N/A but now that I put a procharger on I kinda wish I would’ve stayed with the 373’s especially with the t56 6 speed transmission swap. Idk I’d say stay with the 373 they have enough low end pep and decent highway drivability. 75 to 80 will put you around 2200-2300 rpm with stock tires. Besides by the time you reinstall gears you could be in a sct x4 and a custom dyno tune to go with it.Is anybody happy with the stock 327 gears? I just bought my 01 and it has 373 gears swapped into it without correcting the speedometer. I'm torn between spending $400 on a Bama tuner to correct the speedo, or put $$ towards going back to 327s. I'm in Maine where the highway speed limit is 75mph and they leave you alone (for the most part
For NA, the general consensus is:
96-98 4V = 4.30s
99/01 4V = 4.10s
If you go with anything numerically lower, you have a mangina.
96-98 4V = 4.30s
99/01 4V = 4.10s
If you go with anything numerically lower, you have a mangina.
Is anybody happy with the stock 327 gears? I just bought my 01 and it has 373 gears swapped into it without correcting the speedometer. I'm torn between spending $400 on a Bama tuner to correct the speedo, or put $$ towards going back to 327s. I'm in Maine where the highway speed limit is 75mph and they leave you alone (for the most part
Does forscan work on these cars? I would check that before buying a tuner just for that. If it does work all you'd need is a $30 obd2 hookup to use with a laptop
Is anybody happy with the stock 327 gears? I just bought my 01 and it has 373 gears swapped into it without correcting the speedometer. I'm torn between spending $400 on a Bama tuner to correct the speedo, or put $$ towards going back to 327s. I'm in Maine where the highway speed limit is 75mph and they leave you alone (for the most part
I liked my 3.27's in my 01. If I needed to get somewhere quicker I just dropped it a gear and went. I cruise a lot in the 80mph range too. Only "downside" was first was pretty long when I went to the T-56. Made dealing with traffic a bit of a pain. When I went to the 3.90's the car woke up. Well, as much as a 650+hp car can wake up with new gears. It was fun, but on the freeway I wanted a slightly taller gear.
You can't really compare this to your fox though. There's a lot more RPM to use with the 4V. Cruising at 2500-2700rpm really isn't a big deal for these cars.
FORScan "works" but it is extremely limited in what it can see and do. There are no PIDs to look at and reconfigure like I can with my 2016 F150. There are a few self-tests you can run. I actually ran the ABS and GEM self-tests to see if they work, and they do. You can read DTCs and clear them, which I did as well. If you run the ABS self-test with the park brake engaged, you will get a DTC. No way to change speedometer calibration.
I know this was a while ago but what gear did your t56 have in it. I’m putting a 2.66 first gear t56 in mine with 410’s in the rear end. Hoping it won’t be too much.
It was a stock T-56. So it had the 2.66 first gear. If I had kept that car I would have either gone to 3.55's or swapped in a Viper 5th and 6th.
Not sure what ratio that is but the one I have has a .80 5th and .63 6th gear.
The Viper 6th is .50. I don't remember what 5th was. But that 6th gear would have made the car nicer on the freeway. I had a big bore set up so it could have lived at the lower cruise RPM.
The GTO and other cars (CTS-V and others) had a 2.97, and 1993 F-bodies had a 3.36 first gear because they came with 2.73 rears.
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