Jsup
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Went out for a couple hours with the new gears. Now, forget the typical "seat of pants" because that's just a bullshit measurement anyway. I went from 3.07 to 3.73
Let's stick to FACTUAL stuff.
The tune has been a bit off. The car stumbled and bucked off the line, it stumbled and bucked at highway speed, it poped lean.
Now, believe it or not, the new rear solved the stumbling problem off the line, that shows the value of setting up the right engine with the right gears. Also, the lean popping has almost disappeared. There is no more bucking and stumbling at highway speeds either.
The car ran almost like a factory car. Well, not EXACTLY, but a lot like it. Smoother, more driveable. I never thought the rear would cure all the other problems. Unbelievable.
Still some work to do on the tune, but much more driveable.
Keep in mind the original L98 was happy to run at 1500 RPMs highway gears. The cam was set up for that, the intake. NOW the new motor likes to run 2200 RPMs and better. The new gears let it do that.
Let's stick to FACTUAL stuff.
The tune has been a bit off. The car stumbled and bucked off the line, it stumbled and bucked at highway speed, it poped lean.
Now, believe it or not, the new rear solved the stumbling problem off the line, that shows the value of setting up the right engine with the right gears. Also, the lean popping has almost disappeared. There is no more bucking and stumbling at highway speeds either.
The car ran almost like a factory car. Well, not EXACTLY, but a lot like it. Smoother, more driveable. I never thought the rear would cure all the other problems. Unbelievable.
Still some work to do on the tune, but much more driveable.
Keep in mind the original L98 was happy to run at 1500 RPMs highway gears. The cam was set up for that, the intake. NOW the new motor likes to run 2200 RPMs and better. The new gears let it do that.