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Old 05-21-2012, 03:05 PM   #1185
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Originally Posted by harrington81 View Post
to reduce wheel spin. What i don't get is they said they wanted to reduce wheel spin in this new GT-500 so they lowered the rearend gear ratio to 3.31 but kepted the same 285's out back. why wouldn't u work with 305's or more and then see what traction issues u have. even the 2012's had traction issues.
I'll bet you the reason they used 3.31 rear gears with their specific diameter tire is so they could reach 60 MPH in first gear and enhance the advertised 0-60 measurement.....no shift required.
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