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70rs · #1 08-25-2009, 05:58 PM

Can anyone give me some direction on gear selection. 1970 camaro, big block(600+hp), 99% street driven,
I have not selected rear gears yet and need input on those but also with the TKO 600 trans. It is offered with two different final drive ratios. Can anyone suggest which one and which rear gears and tell me the pros and cons at the same time. Fuel mileage is not any concern.
Thanks for any help here.

Vegas69 · #2 08-25-2009, 06:07 PM

I thought you just borrowed Anthonys tilta whirl?

70rs · #3 08-25-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Vegas69

I thought you just borrowed Anthonys tilta whirl?

I did. But I still have a rear end to finish up and get under the car and will need to get the trans figured out soon enough too. Just making sure I have all the info I need when I need it. The rear will need to go under the car next month when it comes off the tilt a whirl. The old one is going by by soon.

speedjohnston · #4 08-25-2009, 07:38 PM

If you use this gear calculator you can figure out any configuration, gear, rpm with whatever tire size etc. that you want. http://www.5speedtransmissions.com/gear_calculator.html hopefully that helps.

Vegas69 · #5 08-25-2009, 08:02 PM

I had to give you a hard time. 3.73 is what you want.

speedjohnston · #6 08-25-2009, 08:25 PM

If you don't care about milage and you want to keep on accelerating in 5th you would want the 600r with the .82 overdrive. The other one would be too big a jump from 4th and is more or less just for better mileage IMO. If you want different opinions on gear ratios you need to include tire size and what you plan on doing with the car, how fast you want it to go top speed, do you drag race and anything else that may help.