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Keep Paxton and re-gear rear end or sell and get a Whipple?

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I bought a salvage yard 3.55 for about $300. About 20k miles out of an ecoboost. 3.73 Torsen will be pricier.
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You guys think 3:73 be to much with boost? Not really a drag strip car, just something to have fun with and some occasional roll races...
 

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15 manual, Paxton 2200sl with 3.6 pulley, stainless power free flowing headers, 2018 IM on pump 93. Last time I dynoed the car it hit 600whp on the nose, but it had the stock headers and a little fueling issue that probably killed some up top power. The fueling issue has been corrected and headers added since then, so I would guess between 630-650 maybe. I do plan on doing e85 in the future and dropping down to a 3.4 pulley so maybe that'll help out. Like I said the I feel like the PD does a bit better with the longer gearing. I feel like 3:73 would be to short, and like the previous poster said, 3:55 isn't to much of a change.
How many lbs of boost are you on? I have 3:73's making around 700hp on a vortech V7JT and I feel like the 3:73 are to much. I was thinking about going down to a 3.31 gear
 

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There is your problem. Probably should've went Whipple in the beginning with a stick. Centri's work much better with the A10. I'm not sure I'd switch to a whipple now though. I would try going to a smaller pulley before gears. Maybe both if one doesn't give you enough.
 
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How many lbs of boost are you on? I have 3:73's making around 700hp on a vortech V7JT and I feel like the 3:73 are to much. I was thinking about going down to a 3.31 gear
Not sure how much boost. Whatever a 3.6 pulley gets you at around 7.5k. I'm thinking 3:55 might be the right choice and it doesn't cost to much to try it out, same for you if you wanna try 3:33s. They are fine when in boost, it's just off boost the car feels like a dog, at least to me. Others might think it feels fine.
 
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There is your problem. Probably should've went Whipple in the beginning with a stick. Centri's work much better with the A10. I'm not sure I'd switch to a whipple now though. I would try going to a smaller pulley before gears. Maybe both if one doesn't give you enough.
Yeah, didn't really know what to expect, this is my first supercharged car, only had a turbo car prior to this. I've never owned any type of performance car that was an auto, but my next will be. I'm gonna keep this car for a very long time since I probably won't buy another manual and want to keep this one around for times when I wanna row my own. As far as my tuner is concerned this is the smallest pulley I should run for pump gas, so for right now going down is out, so putting a little more gear in it will be it.
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