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Old 02-01-2019, 01:44 AM
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Default GS M7 gear ratios

een googling and trying to find out which gearset the gs has.
2.66?
2.97?
2.29?
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2.97
what about the Z06?
Old 02-01-2019, 06:57 PM
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GS has the same ratios as the Z51. As an aside, gears 1-6 are the same ratios as the TR6060 in the C6 Grand Sport (which were the same, for at least some years as the C6 Z51)

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Originally Posted by 96GS#007
GS has the same ratios as the Z51. As an aside, gears 1-6 are the same ratios as the TR6060 in the C6 Grand Sport (which were the same, for at least some years as the C6 Z51)

Dangit, so the Z06 and the ZR1 are the only ones with the better ratios

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Originally Posted by D K
Dangit, so the Z06 and the ZR1 are the only ones with the better ratios
Better ratios for what? I like the neck snapper 1st and with the Z06 had the same!

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Originally Posted by devnull
Better ratios for what? I like the neck snapper 1st and with the Z06 had the same!
Better for road racing.
C6 only the ZR1 had the short ratio box with the 2.29
With the C7, both the Z06 and the ZR1 get the 2.29 stack which makes the rest of the gears much more useable on the track.

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Originally Posted by D K
Better for road racing.
C6 only the ZR1 had the short ratio box with the 2.29
With the C7, both the Z06 and the ZR1 get the 2.29 stack which makes the rest of the gears much more useable on the track.
I agree. I'm going to be sending the trans in my new GS track car to RPM to have the Z06 gears installed and their level VII treatment.
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Originally Posted by Poor-sha
I agree. I'm going to be sending the trans in my new GS track car to RPM to have the Z06 gears installed and their level VII treatment.

That sounds like an expensive date
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Originally Posted by D K
Better for road racing.
C6 only the ZR1 had the short ratio box with the 2.29
With the C7, both the Z06 and the ZR1 get the 2.29 stack which makes the rest of the gears much more useable on the track.
I agree. Unfortunately the GS gears are much better suited to auto-x....which was how the C6 GS was advertised. Given that the torque curve of the LT1 mimics the LS7 to 4000 rpm, it's always surprised me that Chevy didn't tweak the first three gears in the manual.
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Ughhhh. It frustrates me to no end.

Why cant we choose our own ******* transmissions.

The zl1 1le has a tight 6th. Why cant i have that on the ss?
same with this z06 trans. I want that on the gs!
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Yep, 3rd to 4th and the car basically loses 50 HP due to **** gearing. 460 HP is enough for even the longer Z06 gears...

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Originally Posted by BrunoTheMellow
Yep, 3rd to 4th and the car basically loses 50 HP due to **** gearing. 460 HP is enough for even the longer Z06 gears...

and those are the gears you use most on a track..
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and those are the gears you use most on a track..
Same gears were used in the M12 installed in the C5 Z06. Made a great autocross car where all you had to was get into 2nd gear and leave it.

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