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Old 02-26-2010, 08:40 PM
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Welp, besides the further consumption of dino-juice, 3.73s were a good choice. Though, lesson learned, don't rely on online calcs to measure gear ratio. Despite the factory options of 3.9x and 4.1x, someone threw in a 3.50 rear gear (presumably when they broke the screw too).

Oh well, so **** it, the goal of better fuel mileage was silly anyways. Sucker moves pretty well with 3.73s in it though. And when I get the OD trans, a shorter rear tire can go in, and this thing will certainly be much quicker off the line.

Also, the interior as it currently stands, all chromed up (as it was originally for the CST trim) and the dash is done!




And the new, albeit smaller, GM 12 bolt

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