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Diff Gear Advice

Started by lt2009 · 22 June 2010 · 9 replies

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lt2009Archived member
Ok time has come to put a new diff in the clubby... But I�m stuck as to which gears to chose. 3.45, 3.7, or 3.89. Its a Series 1 VT with the 197kw 5.0ltr in it. Pretty much stock expect for exhaust, trans with a 2 grand stall, k&n filter etc. I will be doing a cam and a bit of head work in a few months but for now I just want to do the diff. I do a bit of highway driving (maybe 20min or so every couple days.) but besides that it�s pretty much just city driving. Currently i get around 500kms - 550kms out of a tank which I am quite happy with do don�t really want to lose heaps of fuel economy but I no I will. So what would you guys recommend going 3.45's, 3.7's or 3,89's? Any help would be great. Cheers
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NZ EVLHSVArchived member
You should already have 3.45s? I'd go for 3.9s or 4.11s to get a VT S1 going. They're too heavy for that sort of power
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lt2009Archived member
I thought they came out standard 3.08's.
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XEC747Archived member
Id go 3.9. A mate ages ago went 3.45's and we told him he'd regret it. He later changed to 3.9's and was happy as larry.
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raz7Archived member
If you're not doing much freeway driving get 4.11s.
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DA HOONArchived member
3.7 or 3.9s are the go.
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lt2009Archived member
yea i am thinking 3.9's is the way to go. Is there seriously much difference between 3.7 and 3.9's?
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raz7Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by lt2009 [View Post] yea i am thinking 3.9's is the way to go. Is there seriously much difference between 3.7 and 3.9's? Not really maybe 100-150RPM depending on what size wheels/tyres you have.
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VLPSI355Archived member
Go 3.9's..I just changed mine from 3.07 in my clubby and it feels like a different car
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calais98Archived member
3.9s are the way to go for an auto mate had them in my ss went realy well
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