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Rear gear?

Old 05-05-2008, 05:02 PM
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gears are definitely worth it!
3.73s for stick
4.10 for auto
If the motor is stock 3.73 is best with 5-speed(especially with gas prices at $3.55 per). If AOD is in the car go 4.10. 3.73is a good all around (hwy/street) gear for a stick driven on the street alot and it will give you plenty SOP improvement over the 3.08.
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Old 05-05-2008, 06:10 PM
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+1 4.10's

+1 on aod cars you cannot correct past 3.55's , actually 3.27 uses the 21t speedo gear and the 23t is not a ford part, it will get destroyed by driving and is worse in aod cars (aod and t5 have different pitch of teeth)

anyways... the 3 top bang for the buck mods you can make... hands down....in order

1) gears and tires
2) nitrous
3) heads
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Old 05-05-2008, 07:21 PM
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FYI. anything over 3.55's on an AOD and you cannot properly correct the speedo..... no matter how hard you try

if its a manual, you can change out the drive gear in he tranny.
Wait a minute, so if I put 4.10's on my Stang than I wouldn't really be going 70 MPH if thats what the speedometer says?

And if so, is it more speed in reality or less?
with the maximum correction you can get, you would be doing 70mph at ~2211 rpms (correction for 3.55 gears)
at 2211 RPM's, with 4.10 gears, and the correction for 3.55's you would be traveling at 60.6 mph

so your speedo would be about 10mph fast at 60mph(which means you would rack up the miles faster too)
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Old 05-05-2008, 08:24 PM
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hey i got a quick question... i have a 90 gt 5 speed. i put 3.55's in a while ago but my rear is in need of a rebuild. i want to go with 3.73's. what will i be tacking at when cruising at like 65 to 70 mph? thanks
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Old 05-05-2008, 08:56 PM
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75 mph will put you right about 2500RPMs
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