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Old May 30, 2012 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by TX Tahoe Z71
What are your hp goals? An 80e could be overkill.
I love overkill
Im puttin a stock 80E in my samurai behind a stock 4.8.
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Old May 31, 2012 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by nonnieselman
I love overkill
Im puttin a stock 80E in my samurai behind a stock 4.8.
I guess that was a dumb question, this is the site for overkill
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Old May 31, 2012 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by TX Tahoe Z71
I guess that was a dumb question, this is the site for overkill
Theres double over kill in my samurai
v8 and a 80E
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Old May 31, 2012 | 12:35 PM
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I picked up about 6mpg with my T56 swap with the stock 3.73 gears. This was giving me a cruise RPM of about 1500 at 75mph. I feel like lower cruise RPM will help with MPG a lot, but I do have to downshift to 5th for big hills. Going to 4.56s soon.
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Old May 31, 2012 | 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Ferocity02
I picked up about 6mpg with my T56 swap with the stock 3.73 gears. This was giving me a cruise RPM of about 1500 at 75mph. I feel like lower cruise RPM will help with MPG a lot, but I do have to downshift to 5th for big hills. Going to 4.56s soon.
How about the city, how much did you gain or lose there?
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Old May 31, 2012 | 02:43 PM
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A little better in the city, but not much.
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Old May 31, 2012 | 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Ferocity02
A little better in the city, but not much.
I would love to see a pic if you have it. Just a long truck shifter coming out of the floor?
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Old May 31, 2012 | 04:01 PM
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Find the T56 swap thread, plenty of pics in there. The shifter comes through the cup holder in the center console.
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Old May 31, 2012 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Ferocity02
Find the T56 swap thread, plenty of pics in there. The shifter comes through the cup holder in the center console.
Interesting, ill look it up.
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