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4:56 w/posi normal for a Z28?

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Old 10-08-2003, 12:29 AM
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4:56 w/posi normal for a Z28?

I am going to buy this Z28 soon and well, you can see it in my signature, does that look drivable on the road or is that pretty much just a drag car. I'm assuming he is meaning that it has 4.56 rear end gears. I won't know forsure until i test drive it but just wanted to hear what you guys had to say first. Thanks

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you will have a tough time getting traction
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I know someone with 4.56s, lots fun, when he gets traction that is. When the tires don't spin he takes off like a bat outta hell.
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my friend has 4.56 in his LS1... he loves it, and does alot of daily driving... (m6 as well)
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<----4.33 and LOVE them. Everyday car, my only car
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They'd probably be pretty sweet in an M6, probably turn about the same revs on the highway as an A4 w/ 3.73s.
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SWEET guys! Thanks for the input, that makes me feel lot better, and its no fun if your tires don't spin, you guys should know that by now, just giving you guys trouble. I'm selling my 3.8 96 Camaro to get this one and that can spin tires, cant wait to get this 95 Z!!!! I'm pumped.
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Originally posted by 94GrayV6
They'd probably be pretty sweet in an M6, probably turn about the same revs on the highway as an A4 w/ 3.73s.


I thought 3.73's in an A4 was the same as 4.10's in M6. Or are the 4.56's not that much different than the 4.10's?
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I couldn't tell ya forsure. Can't be to much of a difference.
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Say bye bye to traction and hello to a helluva lotta fun...unless its raining or snowing...
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Something doesn't look right. He told you it runs 12.7 on street tires.... that would require trap speed well over 105mph, maybe closer to 110mph. But with street tires and 4.56's, its gonna max out at under 100mph in 4th gear at 6,000rpm. And there isn't enough done to the car to make power above that rpm. Unless he was shifting to 5th.

As far as street driving, the 4.56's will put you at 2,100rpm in 6th gear at 70mph, so that seems livable.
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Old 10-08-2003, 12:13 PM
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Is it not a good idea to shift to 5th i guess then, or is it just that most people are staying in 4th all the way to the end of the 1/4 mile? Also, how much horsepower you think the Z i'm gonna buy is putting out, read the signature because that is as much as i know.
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I think its ok, i looked at atljar's signature and he has 4.33's and he's running 12.80's.
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Originally posted by ishz28
I thought 3.73's in an A4 was the same as 4.10's in M6. Or are the 4.56's not that much different than the 4.10's?
I believe that's only true in the 1993s. We have a different auto tranny, the TH700R4 (4L60) with a different first gear, 3.06 if memory serves.
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I thought 3.06 was the first gear in all 4L60E's, no matter what year it was. Wasn't it the M6 that dropped to a lower first gear?
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