novaz06

I'm thinking of swapping out the highway gears for some 4.10's. Is anyone running these or 3.73's and what has your experience been?

Thanks in advance.

Super4x4Duty

Nobody is making replacement gears for the C6 Z06 yet.

novaz06

Thanks for the info - do you know if anyone is working on it? Seems like the car has been out long enough that someone would have come up with a solution by now.

805Z06

RPM Transmission

viperjim

Hope you plan on looking into better rear tires too.

BobDVC8

How True!!!!!!!!!

427Z

you can have 410's or whatever ratio you want right now if you're willing to go to the slightly smaller C6 diff gear set. DPE or RPM can set you up

427Z

not true. lower gears will give you more overall traction because you have lower attainable speeds in every gear.

you might be able to break them loose easier at the very begening, but they will regain traction way before the stock gears once you you're on your way

Super4x4Duty

Motive Gear is the only gear company I know of that's working on making a C6 Z06 gearset. They've been telling me "Just another 6 months" for the last 10 months. A set of 3.90's/4.10's would be GREAT for street/strip activities.

BoilerRxC6

Exactly! Mine is at RPM right now having this and other things done. Rodney has done this in his personal Z06, so no need to worry about the smaller diff gear. Will post up my impressions when it is finished

novaz06

Ummmm, WHAT???????????

Phil_Le_Mans_Blue

I think Chuck CoW has put a 4.10 in a Z06.

corvettes-of-westchester

novaz06

Maybe they just need a critical mass of orders. Count me for one set of 4.10s. I'm sure there at least five or ten others on here who would jump on it, too. That ought to give them the motivation to move on it. It's a no-brainer and being the first to launch a new product for which there is pent-up demand is a great business model.

427Z

its a difficult concept for some to understand but shorter gears give you better traction because it keeps wheel velocity lower than the taller stock gears. with shorter gears, its only easier to spin the tires at the very begenning. then the tire grabs easier than with taller gears because of the lower wheel velocities involved with shorter gears.

shorter gears are used for both increased torque multiplication for more explosive acceleration and for better over all traction

obzidian

stock is 3.42 right?

I dunno... i think i would rather do a 5th/6th gear swap than a final. I really like how the gears are spaced out... they match the engine very well imo.

BoilerRxC6

Stock is 3.42

My gearing is as follows:

1st 2.660
2nd 1.780
3rd 1.300
4th 1.000
5th 0.740
6th 0.510
final 4.100

First gear I can run to 53.3mph (7k limiter) and shifting into second will bring me down to 4700rpm. Second will run to 79.6mph and shifting to third will put me at 5100rpm. Third will run to 109.0 and shifting to fourth will drop to 5400. Fourth will run to 141.7 and shifting to 5th will bring me down to 5200rpm. Fifth will run to 191.5 and shifting to 6th will put me at 4800rpm. Sixth will theoretically run to 277.9 but I obviously will never hit that plateau.

HIRISC

Why not?
















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805Z06

If you got this setup, can you provide the pros and cons. Thanks.

0Chuck CoW

Yes, actually.... We were the first to provide a 4.10 solution for the C6 ZO6 and we have successfully built many 4.10's equipt cars....

A C6 ZO6 is loads of fun with 4.10's!

Call me....I'll explain everything...

Chuck CoW

BoilerRxC6

My car should be finished late this week or early next week, so as soon as I can drive it, I'll post my impressions