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Prowler Performance/Appearance Discussion Stage 1 Gears Impressions / Observations
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BeWare POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Acworth , Georgia , USA |
posted 09-09-2003 02:38 PM
Tony installed my Stage 1 Gears Monday night at the Smokies. We returned from the Smokies Friday 08/29 and left for Orlando on Saturday 08/30 for Vacation in Orlando. We just returned from to Orlando Friday 09/05/03. The point being my experience with the gears thus far is likely incomplete. But since I seem to be one of the first with stage 1 gears I have been getting allot of questions. Therefore I thought I would post my impressions thus far. Let me start by saying everything for me is favorable to date and I enjoy driving the Kat more than ever. Tuesday Smokies Day 1 - Cruising to the Biltmore - I first noticed that my Kat's transmission no longer hunted up and down liked it did before. I also noted under normal acceleration that under normal driving it really shifts out of first gear almost immediately. The gears do have more whine sound to them but for me it has not be offensive (and thus far Purple Lady has not commented on it) I kind of like the sound. Gear shift changes are much firmer and were most noticed when accelerating hard. Throttle response on the Interstate is much improved. To see what it is like drive your car at 70mph in 3rd gear. Jump on the throttle without down shifting and this is the kind of response you will get with the gears while running in 4th. We returned from the Biltmore with Laddie, Gordon and Scott. This was the first chance to really check out the gears. First we did a speedometer check. We all registered 68 mph so my speedometer was right on the money. Then we checked the RPM's. I was showing 2800 while the others were showing 2100-2200 RPM's. First Laddie and I jumped on it from around 65 mph. I pulled away from Laddie pretty hard, but learned later he did not push it all the way. Then Gordon pulled along side and we went at it 4 or 5 times really hard , a couple time going over a 100. Gordon and I ran side by side for awhile, but then I slowly would start pulling away from him. Once I had to come from behind. I compared my fuel usage to Gordon and Laddie as best we could and it seemed to be about the same amount of fuel used as registered on the gauge but that is likely not a true indication. Wednesday Smokies Day 2 - Running Dragons Tail and Cherohala Skyway. We ran with the faster Kats this day on the Tail. My Kat would really pull strong exiting the curves. I did noticed that a few times I had to up shift to 3rd to avoid over revving. Afterward everyone I asked ( without gears) indicated they ran the whole Tail in 2nd gear. While making the initial climb up to the Skyway I noticed that other Kats were down shifting to 3rd on a number of the grades. Except for twice I stayed in 4th and had no trouble keeping up. We were just cruising and enjoying the scenery on this portion of the cruise. When we stopped for gas again my fuel consumption seemed to be matching everyone else's but I still have not really measured it.. Thursday Smokies Day 3 Nothing really to report didn't do much driving.
I can't wait until CTC to compare it against other Kats in the 1/4 mile. I will report more after CTC.
This message has been edited by BeWare on 09-10-2003 at 03:27 PM |
Kurtis POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Nebraska |
posted 09-10-2003 10:49 AM
Thanks for the great info. What could I expect to pay for installation? |
dbudner Prowler Junkie From:Dallas, Ga. USA |
posted 09-10-2003 11:12 AM
Rich that's good news. I guess without NOS that this is the set to use on a pretty much stock car. I'll probably order mine in the next week. Can I ping you when I get them before I tear things apart? This message has been edited by dbudner on 09-10-2003 at 11:13 AM |
Gary C POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:San Diego Area |
posted 09-10-2003 04:28 PM
At one time I had two Prowlers, one with gears and the other without,,,,,,,well let me but it this way, the one without gears was never driven and the geared car was always driven... The cheapest most effective hop up you can do for the buck. About the whine noise diminished after a couple hundred miles, I wished it stayed longer, sounded gear to me.... ------------------ |
BeWare POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Acworth , Georgia , USA |
posted 09-10-2003 05:21 PM
Sure Brad, let me know or give me a call |
CTProwler POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Sherman CT USA |
posted 09-14-2003 05:50 PM
Love the gears, great Mod. ------------------ |
DublinOH POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:McMurray, Pa, USA |
posted 09-14-2003 06:39 PM
So how long will they take to install, start to finish? ------------------ |
Tony Goertz POA Site Supporter Administrating Kat Personal ScrapBook From:Lucan1, Ontario, Canada |
posted 09-14-2003 07:30 PM
Steve - Normal install time is about 2 hours. A mechanic (with hoist) will have it done in under an hour. |
Gary C POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:San Diego Area |
posted 09-15-2003 02:29 PM
Krehel has done it in 18 minutes, call him,,,,, ------------------ |
GR8RALLY POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Long Island, NY |
posted 09-19-2003 06:37 PM
Who sells the Stage 1 Gear Set (cost) and is there any difference that anyone can comment on between the Stage and Pro Gears? Thanks. |
BeWare POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Acworth , Georgia , USA |
posted 09-19-2003 07:49 PM
Tony Goertz sell them . Check this link. http://www.prowleronline.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/001758.html This message has been edited by BeWare on 09-19-2003 at 07:50 PM |
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