i have a 350 chevy engine with a turbo 350 transmission behind it. i have 22 inch wheels with skinny tires and i have a set of 4.10 gears in my rear end. My tranny is starting to slip and i was wondering if the 4.10 gears killed my transmission. i need help because if the gears are to low and it caused lots of wear of my transmission i am going to swap them. Help please.

Naw ya transmission might have been week thas all wit that gear and wheels it just to much for it which why it killed ya transmission....get ya trans rebuilt and ya should be good

Do u drive that car on the highway.........and do u have overdrive in that transmission??

4.10's ain't gonna kill it but it ain't gonna make it easy on it either with the short tire u runnin'.

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I've heard of higher gears f'n up the MOTOR due to it revving higher for long periods but not the tranny.... unless you're just getting on it more now Because of the gears

Maybe the heat getting to it also, if he is driving at high rpm's for extended periods of time.

Transmission probably working to hard to keep up!!

Yea i drive the car on the highway and i do not have a overdrive.

Yea I was thinkin about getting one of those TCI Streetfighter 700r4 transmissions, and getting a high performance transmission cooler. I got a cooler but i don't think its that good.

Do you think a overdrive would help. I was thinkin about getting one of those TCI Streetfighter 700r4 transmissions. I've heard that 700r4 is good and it has a overdrive.

Thats not good!!

I know its not good but its not that bad is it? Will highway hurt my motor badly?

700r4 is a good trans for u if u are on the highway alot. It will bring those rpm's down alot and save u some gas.

Not that bad...ur probably doing 70mph at 4-5000rpms...it could hurt the motor bcuz ur over-revving at a constant pace!!

Why didn't you do 3.73 gears?

get you a heavy duty or high performance trans oil cooler and get you a transmission with an overdrive.. 700r4 would do tha job perfectly

I can go 70mph at about 3000-3500 rpm, I never go that fast for along period of time though. Only time i do that is when i am getting on and off ramps on the expressway or when i am passing people. Most of the time i go 55mph at about 2500-2700 rpm. The only other time i rev a little high is when i am racing, i might shift at about 3500-4000 rpm. Besides that i am riding around town or on the highway at 2500-2700 rpm going 55 mph. That right there isn't that hard of work is it?

I don't know i should have. lol But i think the real reason is because i kind of wanted to try it out and plus i plan on getting some bigger wheels eventually. Cars are nothing but trial and error right, you have to experiment and try certain shit and see if you like it. Same way when i build my motors, u have to try certain combinations to find out what u like and don't like and also in order to get the best performance. But yea i should've got 3.73 but oh well. I am going to try an overdrive and see how that works out. Or i might get some bigger wheels soon. But if by some chance i don't get some bigger wheels i will probably change it to 3.73. All it is is geometry and trial and error. It takes money for that but that is basically what it comes down to when you start building cars. Money, you got to have it to build a car, because most of the time things don't go smooth, there will be problems and things will not always workout as planned. Time,patientance,and money is the key. lol

Yea i will probably get a high performace 700r 4 and a high performace cooler as well i think i will be right then. I was thinking about getting one of those TCI Streetfighter or Super Streetfighter 700r 4 transmissons. The Streetfighter is supposed to be able to hold up to 450 horsepower and the Super Streetfighter is supposed to hold up to 600 horsepower. I think one of those transmissions and a good cooler will have me right. Do you think so?

Yea I have been kind of getting on it more. I've been doing more racing to. I can't help it, if i got power i can't help but punch that bitch. Whatever car i build i build it to run and to ride the hell out of it. I don't dog my stuff i just drive it the way i built it to drive. Most people around my town will not drive fast with their rims, race with their rims, or do burnouts or anything like that. In my town everyone thinks I am crazy, they say my car fast and that I'm runin, but they think i am crazy for riding my rims like that. I don't know why though, lots of people do it. I just like having fun in my shit thats all. East Coast Ryders do it in Flordia so I want to do it and have fun too. LOL! I think my tranny was just weak though thats all. I will probably get me a high perfomance unit soon. Most likely a high performance 700r 4 so i will have an overdrive. lol.

I gotta have my 350 tranny rebuilt in my donk cause the planetary gears fucking up. It still has a stock rear end but ima upgrade to 3.73's when my money get good. If I had or get and overdrive tranny then I will get 4.10 gears.

i wouldn't say your gears was the problem cause you'll probably burn up your motor 1st
improper stall convertor couldve burnt up the transmission also.. cause technically your transmission is slipping until your motor whiches whatever stall your convertor is rated at..

Is there a big noticable difference between 3:55s & 3:73s? I dont wanna go wit 4.10s cuz i ride the highway. i been thinkin about the 3.73s but i heard i would barely notice it. I need yall experts opinions cuz if i do it, ima prolly just buy the whole new axle assembly instead of just gears

If ur going from 3:55 to 3:73...u would notice it a lil....not much of a big difference!!

If you got an overdrive tranny, and you should have one. you can do a sleeper gear like a 4.10 because the extra gear in the tranny gonna make up for the shorter rear end gears.

if your trans doesnt have a reverse valve body an a shift kit in it youll mess it up if u manual shiftin it wrong..because they shift off pressure an if u shiftin ya car wrong ur only fuckin ya trans up...4.10's should b straight if u have rims on ya car long as the 4's or better 2's or lower id fuck wit 3.73

I only manual shift when I race or if I'm actin stupid. I manual shift to pass because I haven't adjusted my passing gear cable yet so it doesn't engage.

UR SHIT IS GONNA FUCK UP IF U NOT SHIFTIN IT RIGHT

So shifting my tranny manually can fuck it up if i don't do it right. So it must mess it up if i shift at the wrong rpm or something. I didn't know that. Can you please explain to me how this works. Does it burn up the transmission or what?

I gotta stall and shift kit in mine. And I gotta tach, so I got my shift point set. I'm bout to rebuild my tranny now though.

the reason the 4.10 rear end probably killed yo transmission cause it need to be rebuilt or go with a 400 transmission

if it was a stock or original transmission I would say it was just that time, but make sure you have a cooler on it 22's and 4.10 shouldnt be to bad on the tranny but I wouldnt go any bigger than 22's with that setup....if you go the 700r4 route make sure you have a shop setup/adjust the kickdown if not it wont last netime.....went thru 3 of em, not a fan of the 700r4 if it didn't come in the car originally....and the gap between the 1st and 2nd gear on the 700r4 is hell!!!!

So yall sayn if i run 4:11s with a 700r4 trans and i gt 26s with a 255-30-26 tire that i can ride the interstate doin 80 or 90mph and nt have high rpms?

nah run 3:42 or 3:73s

and call it a day fuck outta here wit 4.10 gears they for niggas wit 6 shooters

6 shooters