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Post by crashjd813 on May 25, 2006 8:09:32 GMT -5
ok i asked one of the guys where i work what a good rear end out of a chevy. and he said 4:11. well i was wondering what u guys thought and what kind of vehicle would these rear ends come out of.
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Post by shortfuseracing on May 25, 2006 10:54:12 GMT -5
well 4:11 is a rearend gear.. If you want what rearends are good either a 10 or 12 bolt bolt in axle would be the best GM rearends. You can buy gears for I think the 10 bolt
nikki
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Post by stris141 on May 25, 2006 14:28:54 GMT -5
I would guess a 4:11 is a good all around gear to run. But I always left the stock rears in. Gears and all. Never really had any problems that way. Just welded the gears up. If you are talking about the whole rear-end, then I think Nikki has it right.
Steve
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Post by 4play on Aug 19, 2006 20:43:25 GMT -5
any thing in the 4 and up range is good. gm put the ten bolt in the k5 blazers with a wide variety of gear ratios some being in the 4 range. these rear ends had 28 spline axles until the late 80s or early 90's. there is a code in the glove boxes on the k5's that told you the gear ratio. if you go with a ten bolt and buy a set of gears be sure that the rear end has a 2.73 or higher already in it or the new gears wont work without buying a new carrier.
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Post by Shorty Thompson on Sept 10, 2006 8:27:24 GMT -5
a lot of saying what is / isn't a good gear depends on what size tracks you run on, how you run, and the overall general condition . 4:11 is a good gear , but if you run on semi-dry tracks then a higher gear numerically might be better . Also , understanding and knowing what can happen to your choosen rearends also plays a major roll . 10 bolts have a gremlin in the axles of choice , meaning that they have a neck down problem which allows them to get broken easier than the 12 bolt . But the 12 bolt axle can be braoken fairly easily as well
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