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Old 10-09-2011, 10:16 AM   #8 (permalink)
Red__Zed
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Originally Posted by tonybui View Post
What does this do to the car??
It shortens the final drive ratio for the car. IIRC, the Z has a 3.69 final drive ratio from the factory. Moving to a 4.08 gears the car roughly 10% shorter, requiring more revs to maintain the same speed.

The benefit to this is bringing the car into the powerband much quicker, making it feel much peppier and "ready-to-go"

It's pretty nice on a lot of road courses because it will let you spend more time in 3rd gear without needing a downshift to 2nd.

I think there is a lot of information available if you google it, but I'm happy to answer any specific questions you have on it.
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