2.82 or 3.06 gear swap
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Also wondering,Do you get that late shift into 4th right before the 1/4? Or does that extra tire growth compensate and keep your screaming through the traps in 3rd?
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Nope, we have the same NaG1 you guys do, but it does have different clutch packs. Don't forget, the LX platform the older srt8's are built on are Daimler products. There are a few parts interchanable between the srt8 and W211 E55.
I am fairly certain the trans in both uses the same ratios, so you'll keep the top of 3rd gear if you use 26"-28" radial with the 3.06.
And I see someone already took my advice on the WTB Lxforums post.
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Interesting, I was thinking you had a newer SRT8, I thought they came with 7 speed like newer AMG. Good info thanks!
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yes my car has my last outing when my car was messed up it wouldnt shift and was cutting out i lifted on the run do to wheel spin and eased off to shift the 1.2 i ran 2mph slower in the 1/8th and bad sixty foot yet still mangaged to trap the same mph as i usually do.
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yes my car has my last outing when my car was messed up it wouldnt shift and was cutting out i lifted on the run do to wheel spin and eased off to shift the 1.2 i ran 2mph slower in the 1/8th and bad sixty foot yet still mangaged to trap the same mph as i usually do.
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drag radials 1.75 sixty foot spun bad. Now when I ran 11.48 before gears the car went 1.67 sixty foot spinning, but the car didn't cut out shifting. So I know the gears did something if I can run a worse sixty foot and the car cutting out loosing the 2mph in the 1/8th yet picking it up at the end the car liked the gears. now I just have to dead hook my shifts are good now or at least seem to be iI will run a nice time. 123 to 124 mph is what I figure I would trap now.
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drag radials 1.75 sixty foot spun bad. Now when I ran 11.48 before gears the car went 1.67 sixty foot spinning, but the car didn't cut out shifting. So I know the gears did something if I can run a worse sixty foot and the car cutting out loosing the 2mph in the 1/8th yet picking it up at the end the car liked the gears. now I just have to dead hook my shifts are good now or at least seem to be iI will run a nice time. 123 to 124 mph is what I figure I would trap now.
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Lil' help? '07 E63 AMG here . . I put a post in the E63 area but not really getting anywhere, and I see you 55 guys already "been there & done that" so I thought I'd see if you might could point me in the right direction.
Stock ratio is 2.82 and I want to go to (just) 3.08 or thereabouts (3.06?). I see mention of the TCU needing retuning after a gear change . . so where is a good place to go to get that done?
And will the 3.06 gears you mentioned (SRT 8) fit in this '07 E63 AMG housing on the stock carrier?
Also thinking about a Wavetrac diff to get the most power to the ground on this rwd-only car . . It hooks up in ways even Quaife can't. Anyone have experience with this unit? : http://www.wavetrac.net/technical.htm
Note that this will be the 5th car I've put lower gears in, so I know what I want and what the effect will be. I just need help with obtaining parts, TCU tuning if needed, and possibly install . . and whether the same parts you used will fit this diff.
Anyone?
Stock ratio is 2.82 and I want to go to (just) 3.08 or thereabouts (3.06?). I see mention of the TCU needing retuning after a gear change . . so where is a good place to go to get that done?
And will the 3.06 gears you mentioned (SRT 8) fit in this '07 E63 AMG housing on the stock carrier?
Also thinking about a Wavetrac diff to get the most power to the ground on this rwd-only car . . It hooks up in ways even Quaife can't. Anyone have experience with this unit? : http://www.wavetrac.net/technical.htm
Note that this will be the 5th car I've put lower gears in, so I know what I want and what the effect will be. I just need help with obtaining parts, TCU tuning if needed, and possibly install . . and whether the same parts you used will fit this diff.
Anyone?