Thread: Gear Swap?
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Old 08-17-2009, 07:21 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by jpsuperman81 View Post
I don't know much about gears and at first I figured this car would have plenty of power for me coming from a civic si, but everyone has mentioned gears. I originally figured 3.73's would be ok but few people mentioned it better to take to steps up as minimum or your wasting your time. So I definitely hoping for 3.90's.
Well from what I'm hearing, 6th is pretty useless unless you're cruising on the highway at 75mph or so. That plus the 20 inch wheels means the Camaro could take at least a 3.90 and still do very well on the highway. Probably loose 1mpg, but you'll pick quite a bit in acceleration.
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