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Rear end

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 1:57 pm
by Can't Wait
Hello guys I'm interested in upgrading my rear end to a 3.27, what year camaro rear end would be a direct replacement or fit for my 2012 Caprice ppv

Re: Rear end

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 10:32 pm
by CrashTestDummy
Any 5th Gen with the proper labels will work. They will have a label indicating the ratio and whether they’re LSD, or not.

Re: Rear end

Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2017 8:44 pm
by Can't Wait
Thanks just trying to pick it up

Re: Rear end

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 7:32 pm
by ejf2461
If you can find a rare 1LE Camaro then you will have the 3.91 rear gear and a heavy duty locking diff. It will have the black hood and all of them were stick shift.

Re: Rear end

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:15 pm
by PPV_Farmer
Has anybody on here tried 3.91 gears? I've been looking for a 3.27 but only found a 3.91... Worried that may be a little to low for my liking.

Re: Rear end

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:31 pm
by kevink
PPV_Farmer wrote:Has anybody on here tried 3.91 gears? I've been looking for a 3.27 but only found a 3.91... Worried that may be a little to low for my liking.
Keep in mind that these 6L80Es have a 4.03 first gear, which is pretty steep. It all depends on what you want to do with the car, though.

Re: Rear end

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:52 pm
by PPV_Farmer
Right, yea it might be fun for awhile I figured :lol:

Re: Rear end

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:40 am
by Navy Lifer
Honestly, if you run the numbers, you'll see that the sweet spot for the PPV is 3.27 (2.92/3.27/3.45). The 3.70 & 3.91 gears were used by GM only on manual transmission cars. Even 3.45 can be a little iffy, and it was also installed on "stick" Camaro's, too, and never offered on sedans.

Local SS owner built an LSA upgrade, switched to 3.70, and couldn't make it work--first gear was useless (running 6L80). I had purchased his 3.27 gear, but ended up selling it back to him. 3.91 would be interesting in a T56/TR6060 manual conversion car, for sure.

Re: Rear end

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:40 pm
by s/c'd cav
my friend switched his GXP 6spd manual from the oe 3.70 to the camaro 3.45

my old G8 GT which shared our 2.92s , was able to run high 11's , and other G8's have ran into the 9's with the 2.92's , but the majority were in the 10's

i love my 2.92's

Re: Rear end

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 1:26 pm
by PPV_Farmer
Well thanks for the insight guys, I'd prolly be happy with just a good tune.