up_yours_7

Will it fit my 05 v6? It has less than 9k miles on it and has the 2.73 gearing??

JimC

It mounts exactly the same so yes, it will fit. The pinion flange may even fit, last one I arranged to get shipped to someone was from a 2011 and he didn't have to change the pinion flange to fit his 2007 V6 driveshaft.

GrayPony

You current gears are 3:31 why would you want 2:73s?

defiance

Im thinking he meant 3:73 ? 2:73 does not make any sense.....

up_yours_7

There is a guy on classifieds here in my town selling it for $50 and he says it's 2.73

Derf00

273 is probably what you have right now. I forget the year the V6 auto went to 331.
For 2011 and 2012 I believe 331 was the lowest gear the factory had...?

Could be wrong though...?

obxdude018

Ford released 2 stock rear ends with the '12, 2.73 or 3.31, and those are the 8.8 rear ends so you get a much stronger rear end as well, thoroughly inspect that rear-end, because that person doesn't know he could probably get 400-500 out of it by selling to someone who has an older s197 so there is either something wrong with it or he is just clueless.

up_yours_7

im going to get it now he said it is out of a 2012 v6 he swapped in a shelby rear end.

up_yours_7

so looking at it they made this axle for econmy so would it be a bad idea to drop gears like that since its not really upgrading at all?

unitedwestang

Even just for the axle $50 isn't bad. You can just buy gears for it and have them installed for about the same or less as buying a used axle with gears.