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Old 03-10-2018, 03:29 PM   #18
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Re: Rear end ratio for 700R4?

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Originally Posted by jams97355 View Post
I too am ditching the 700r4. Not for ratio reasons but I've already gone through 2 of them. A little over 500 HP and the tranny's wont hold up. Going to a th400. It's built with quality parts and should hold up better. Also running 3.08 rear so it should go down the freeway fine.
X2 what Ogre said. There's a difference between high quality stock parts and high performance parts. Do you have any specific info as to what failed in your 700-R4, what upgrades it had, and what year trans it was? Just trying to learn more about these things...
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