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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 10:58 AM
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Hey guys. i just bought ricks 4.57 final gear drive and i was wondering how much difference it was going to make... top end and bottom?? will it kill my top end?
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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 11:08 AM
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More grunt down low and you'll be gear limited on top to just shy of 150 mph. You may want to get one of Modifry's shift beepers; first gear goes by pretty fast compared to the 4.10.
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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 12:58 PM
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and a Yellow Jacket / Box to compensate / recalibrate your speedo.
Top speed is confirmed at 150.6 mph
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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 01:28 PM
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awesome thanks guys.. yeah i bought the yellow box with the gears.. but thanks again
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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 05:08 PM
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Hey man where did you purchase these from. I've been doing a lot of reading up on them and decided to go for it but when I went to the website it said they were sold out. If you bought yours somwhere different pleas let me know because I'm really interested in getting them. Thks
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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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Should have gone with the 4.77's, then you'll feel the difference
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 03:32 AM
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Originally Posted by SpitfireS,Oct 16 2006, 04:58 PM
and a Yellow Jacket / Box to compensate / recalibrate your speedo.
Top speed is confirmed at 150.6 mph
Spits -

Is that a calculated confirmation or have you been out menacing the driving public?
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 03:58 AM
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And your 1/4 should be around 0.5s quicker.
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 06:08 AM
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raymo19 Posted on Oct 17 2006, 01:32 PM
[QUOTE]Spits -

Is that a calculated confirmation or have you been out menacing the driving public?
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by brockfizl,Oct 16 2006, 08:08 PM
Hey man where did you purchase these from. I've been doing a lot of reading up on them and decided to go for it but when I went to the website it said they were sold out. If you bought yours somwhere different pleas let me know because I'm really interested in getting them. Thks
hey man if you have tried ricks2k.com and they do not have it go to scienceofspeed.com
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