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I know that upgrading the OPG's is recommended for FI. I just ordered the GT350 Manifold and throttle body over the weekend. Should I be looking to upgrade my OPG's? Hopefully someo with more experience will chime in.
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I really don't think its a big deal. Everyone on the internet seems to think the gears eat themselves if you look at them funny. They break from banging constantly off the limiter, not RPM's. Shaun@AED has in fact told me not to worry about them and also don't use an ARP damper, just keep the stock one. He put intake cams in his car and didn't change the OPG's or damper.
 

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Plus you wont be revving to 8k or something crazy with that manifold anyway. Peak power is 7300-7500. Youll be shifting at 7800 tops.
 

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Me personally. No OPG change. Stock is safe to 7500.
 

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should be fine, but if money and time is no object, there is no downside to doing them
 

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If you're going to be revving it out and want more piece of mind with the OPG, grab an ATI balancer and install that. Will be cheaper and easier than doing the gears, and will help quite a bit with the harmonics that kill OPGs.

You most likely will be fine without it, but it's good insurance especially if you're going to rev close to 8000.
 

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Been running the gt350 mani for a while. No issues shifting 7800-8000. Gonna be running a two step now. Hopefully the stock gears holds out.
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