gearing vrs revability?

**andwrong** · 02-09-2002, 01:59 PM

i'm getting my c4 in my maverick rebuilt and also regearing from the stock 2.79's to some 3.55's (8inch rearend, not to many options)

anyway i had a dream the other day that when i got the 3.55's the engine would rev way higher than stock... like shifting at 6500rpms. right now it shifts around 3800-4200 rpms. thats if i'm really romping on it.
maybe it'll happen?

**Wildcat** · 02-09-2002, 02:14 PM

From my understanding the tranny decides to shift from reading the engine vacuum and rpm the converter is turning at. I don't think gearing will change your shift points, but it should make you get to your shift points faster. Any one else have a differnt theory?

**69 302/351c** · 02-09-2002, 08:53 PM

i've got the same setup..mod C4 and 3;55s. I'm upshifting a little higher than you are, but not much more. Would like to move the shift points up a bit too.
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**andwrong** · 02-10-2002, 12:32 PM

thats what i thought... i guess i will just have to do some head work to get them to rev up more [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]



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