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dab86 · 06-21-2013, 01:30 PM

Just had some 3.91 gears thrown in my L99 Camaro and they are amazing! Car feels 1,000 lbs lighter and much more powerful. If you do not have gears, I highly recommend you get them. Best mod I have so far. I have Headers, Full 3 inch exhaust, CAI intake, and the gears really made the biggest performance difference besides sound. The gears are quiet too. Thanks to Erik and Josh at Lashway Motor Sports in South Florida. They are the best so give them a call!

Juice2SS · 06-21-2013, 01:41 PM

Take it to the 1/4 mile track and tell us what RPM you are going through the traps at! lol

Pro Stock John · 06-21-2013, 01:57 PM

+2 and tell us if you can hook in 1st and 2nd gear.

dab86 · 06-21-2013, 02:02 PM

I dont race. My car is for the street and it hooks fine. The gears on the street are amazing. Acceleration in every gear is greatly improved

Blackkaz04 · 06-21-2013, 02:11 PM

I have been thinking about this...ALOT-just not sure if I want to do it bc I may go FI one day....what was the total cost parts +install?

Juice2SS · 06-21-2013, 02:32 PM

Well poo... lol

SSMickey · 06-21-2013, 02:34 PM

I bet 1st gear is brutal with the A6 trans.

Apex Motorsports · 06-21-2013, 02:39 PM

POWERFREAK · 06-21-2013, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackkaz04

I have been thinking about this...ALOT-just not sure if I want to do it bc I may go FI one day....what was the total cost parts +install?

Don't worry about it....just get a centri sc (power is higher up). I have 4.11's w/ a Paxton and it hooks up better then expected (M6 trans)

Camarojt · 06-21-2013, 02:50 PM

I doubt a 3.91 gear in an A6 on the street hooks fine! If you nail it with all the nannies off it should blow your tires away!

Might be ok at the track with a set of sticky Mickeys!

All of us drag racers wanna know if you can stay out of 5th gear. And if you are still stock converter, most likely you will shift to 5th. Unless you have a triple disc converter.

a.morblu · 06-21-2013, 02:53 PM

Awesome!! This is my next "mechanical" mod and I can't wait to get them!!

Denis · 06-21-2013, 10:48 PM

How are the revs on the highway compared to the stockers? I'm reeeeealy thinking about getting some 1LE 3.91's.

jaysonstuart · 06-21-2013, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Camarojt

I doubt a 3.91 gear in an A6 on the street hooks fine! If you nail it with all the nannies off it should blow your tires away!

Might be ok at the track with a set of sticky Mickeys!

All of us drag racers wanna know if you can stay out of 5th gear. And if you are still stock converter, most likely you will shift to 5th. Unless you have a triple disc converter.

I has too, my A6 with stock gears will blow the tires off the rims with the nannies off.

Camarojt · 06-21-2013, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jaysonstuart

I has too, my A6 with stock gears will blow the tires off the rims with the nannies off.

That's my point! I agree with the OP in the fact that his new 3.91 gears have made his car "feel" great! Driving around and throttling it should be a blast!! BUT when it comes to what someone asked if the gears allows it to still hook, then he said "It hooks fine" yet he doesn't race his car leads me to believe that he is just a car guy that loves to drive his car and occasionally romp on it.

Much different if your goal is 1/4 mile racetrack ET's

A stock gear can blow the stock tires away. Maybe no so much with a Mickey Thompson ET street DR!

We still want someone to test this theory as to whether or not 3.91's CAN work in a triple disc converter with the stock cam without pushing you into 5th gear or running a 29" tall tire?

06-21-2013, 01:30 PM	#1
dab86 Drives: 2017 Camaro 1LE Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 104	New gears installed today - WOW Just had some 3.91 gears thrown in my L99 Camaro and they are amazing! Car feels 1,000 lbs lighter and much more powerful. If you do not have gears, I highly recommend you get them. Best mod I have so far. I have Headers, Full 3 inch exhaust, CAI intake, and the gears really made the biggest performance difference besides sound. The gears are quiet too. Thanks to Erik and Josh at Lashway Motor Sports in South Florida. They are the best so give them a call!

06-21-2013, 01:57 PM	#3
Pro Stock John Writer Drives: 2010 SS / 1967 Camaro Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 7,216	+2 and tell us if you can hook in 1st and 2nd gear. __________________ PROJECT HEAVY CHEVY Camaro Now: Mods for the Masses Part I \| Part II 13.15@106 1.95 \| 100% Stock 12.37@112 1.85 \| + Kooks Headers/Cats + 20" 555R + CAI + BW TB + UDP + Tune 12.06@113 1.70 \| + CD 3200 + 18" NT05R + RCR Intake + NE OTR + GPI Tune 11.84@115 1.59 \| + 3.91s + Race Star 17x7 Fronts 10.90@125 1.47 \| + GPI VVT Cam + BW Ported Heads + CD 3800

06-21-2013, 02:34 PM	#7
SSMickey Drives: 2010 IBM 2SS Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Columbia S.C. Posts: 1,455 View My Garage	I bet 1st gear is brutal with the A6 trans. __________________ ProCharger P1X, Vengeance Racing Kaotic Cam, ARH Headers and Exhaust with Borla ATAK mufflers, MGW Shifter, MTI Drop Springs, Forgeline RB3C Wheels, 3.91 gears, Night Owl LED Control System

06-21-2013, 02:53 PM	#11
a.morblu Drives: 2011 Sinister SS Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Circle City Posts: 489 View My Garage	Awesome!! This is my next "mechanical" mod and I can't wait to get them!! __________________

06-21-2013, 10:48 PM	#12
Denis Drives: 2010 SS Join Date: May 2012 Location: Yorktown Heights, NY Posts: 7,695 View My Garage	How are the revs on the highway compared to the stockers? I'm reeeeealy thinking about getting some 1LE 3.91's. __________________

06-21-2013, 01:41 PM	#2
Juice2SS Drives: 2011 2SS Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 931	Take it to the 1/4 mile track and tell us what RPM you are going through the traps at! lol

06-21-2013, 02:02 PM	#4
dab86 Drives: 2017 Camaro 1LE Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 104	I dont race. My car is for the street and it hooks fine. The gears on the street are amazing. Acceleration in every gear is greatly improved

06-21-2013, 02:11 PM	#5
Blackkaz04 Drives: 2006 Z06 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DC area Posts: 859	I have been thinking about this...ALOT-just not sure if I want to do it bc I may go FI one day....what was the total cost parts +install?

06-21-2013, 02:32 PM	#6
Juice2SS Drives: 2011 2SS Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 931	Well poo... lol

06-21-2013, 02:39 PM	#8
Apex Motorsports Drives: 2000 Camaro SS Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky. Posts: 25,179

06-21-2013, 02:50 PM	#10
Camarojt Drives: 2011camaro SS Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Allen, Tx Posts: 2,201	I doubt a 3.91 gear in an A6 on the street hooks fine! If you nail it with all the nannies off it should blow your tires away! Might be ok at the track with a set of sticky Mickeys! All of us drag racers wanna know if you can stay out of 5th gear. And if you are still stock converter, most likely you will shift to 5th. Unless you have a triple disc converter.