stock gears with cam

[IronOutlaw]

Anyone run a decent sized cam with the stock 342 gears in an m6? I know I should have bought a rear first but I didn't.

My thing is I don't want to dump money into my 10th bolt. I also don't want the car to be nutless and hard to drive.

Cam is a 226/234 on a 110 lsa.

Should I go ahead and do gears or will the car still run okay until I get a new rear?
Wanting to hear from some guys actually running big cans and stock gears.

[97firehawk]

It's a pain in my ass sometimes but its possable I broke my 4.10 and had to run the stock 3.42 huge difference just have to bring up the rpms . But its ahole lot better taking off with a 4.10 .

[IronOutlaw]

What cam do you have?

[97firehawk]

It's a 230/236 113 I drove it with the stock 3.42 all summer it was fine really just with my cam and clutch it really needs a 3.73 or higher I'm either going with another 4.10 or a 4.30 the 4.10 seemed rite in the sweet spot tho .

[Spartan7]

Back when I had my Camaro, I was rocking a 222/230 112 LSA with an M6 and 3.23's (M6 swap). It was very drivable on the street, but a PITA in parking lots. You should be fine with stock gears, no reason to waste money on bigger gears if you're saving up for a rear end.

[Joker Z28]

You will be fine, I had a much bigger cam running on 3.42s for a while before I got my S60. Your not going to notice it to be honest.

[devonsZ28]

im in the same boat as you OP, i didnt want to dump money into the 10 bolt either, im gonna be runnin a cc306 with 3.42s once i get my motor back in

[faust]

drivability is subjective. i had 3.42 for a short time with a 230/236/110 in the old engine. i could drive it fine thou is was lacking down low, however my wife couldn't drive it. when i got off my ass and installed the strange with 4.10's she could drive it fine.

[IronOutlaw]

Thanks guys. I was scared I was gonna have to throw gears in my ten bolt but it sounds like ill be fine until I can get a bigger rear.