355 Gear Poll

[Lee Dove]

I like the 354 gear on motor it's great..........However, If your plans include alot of Horsepower do yourself a favor and go with the 3.31 gear.

I can make the qtr mile in 4th gear on motor but just make it.

When I spray the nitrous with only a hundred shot I must shift to 5th to get through the qtr. That lead to tranny problems...


If anybody wants to trade a rear set up with 3.31 gears for my Hennesey 354 rear with Unitrax carrier drop me an email....

 

[Ron Hickey]

3.55 gears make the car come alive. Definitely one of the best "bang for the buck" seat-of-the-pants improvements you can do. As Lee says, if your plans include substantial modifications (ie, nitrous or supecharging), 3.31's or even the stock 3.07's are a better choice. But otherwise, the 3.55's (or 3.45's) are the way to go. Downsides to 3.55's: (1)poorer gas mileage (who cares?), (2) probably a little noisier than the stock gears, (3) you will definitely have to shift to 4th in the 1/4 mile.

 

[jimandela]

I was going to change them and then ran into problems finding
someone local to even do a swap out from the "you ship it to partsrack" special.

now that Sean Roe has a SC available soon. I am going to wait and try and do the SC instead. I think the 3.55 gears with the SC
would not be necessary.

so staying with stock for now. we'll see.

congrats again

JIM

 

[VIPR GTS]

3:55 gears make 3rd, 4th and 5th gears unbelievable, trmendous pull. You will love them.

 

[JH23JOB]

Inquiring mind here needs to know one thing........... From the stock standpoint of a drag race, what would a quarter mile time slip reveal to me as the difference between 3.07's and 3.55's ???

 

[Newport Viper]

Got them, love them!

 

[SUN RA KAT]

I thought long and hard about putting in 3.55 gears, but I'm going to use the gear change money to go towards the Sean Roe Supercharger System. If I wasn't going to supercharge my Viper in the near future, I'd go with the 3.55 gears.

 

[jp]

I had hard to find tracktion with the 3.55 (bad 60 footers) so I changed back to 3.07 (now 1.53 60 foot). The 3.07 works much better on the Dragstrip, I also found it working well on the racing track. My choice is definitely to stay with 3.07. I will only go back to 3.55 when I change to a 28" slicks.
/JP

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[Ray W]

Mine has been in for three weeks.

I like the feel around town and at highway speeds up to 80mph.

I think on a stock or lightly modified car up to 50 additional
hp it is a plus.

On the highway 6th gear now feels like 5th so there is no 6th
gear if you like cruising at 90-100mph at a lower rpm.

I have a NOS car and make too much power on spray to use any
rear 3:07,3:31 or 3:55. So since I must use slicks the 3:55 is
the best.

On motor only I am happy with the 3:55.

And most importantly I ordered the complete rear assembly my old
3:07's are always there for me and there is no down time while
waiting on your new rear to arrive.