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It helps in slowing the car down. A car with a low (high numerically) rear axle ratio (4:56) will slow down faster than a car with High (low numerically) when you back off the gas or shift down.
Yes, that's true. But it wouldn't affect the actual braking.
I'm wondering... what does the rear axle ratio have to do with braking? The rear axle gearing affects acceleration, not braking.
True, which is why I posted:
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Originally Posted by Deez Nuttz
...it has a 350 V8 4 bbl that is mated to a 3 speed auto with no overdrive and it has a 2.73 rear end under it, it's not quick off the line (semi quick is more like it) .....
lol ask all the F body camaro and trans am guys that run any amount of power at the drag strip how bulletproof their stock 10 bolts are :lol:
IRS ftw
Ask about 12 bolts, 9 inch, or 8.8 inch rears, though and you'll get a different answer.
My live axle is just fine for daily driving and performance use. My last IRS was stiffer and and more skittery over bumps. Time to ***** out pics of my daily again:
Love IRS ... tho this car can get light in the rear real quick if you hit a bump in a turn. That has more to do with it being 3200lbs and the transverse leaf springs unloading.
If I engine brake while braking, it slows even more quickly and will snap your head forward if you aren't expecting it!
Yes, but it will do that regardless of the axle ratio.
I had 3.21:1 gears installed on my '69 Cadillac which had 2.94s and I didn't notice any difference in braking. If I had to suddenly stop (at a light that suddenly turned red, for example), it felt the same with either axle ratio.
Most TransAms post Gen1 are just mullet head specials.
thats really ignorant. nice 2nd and 3rd gen F-Bodies have outlived that stereotype.
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