REAREND GEAR CHOICE?
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RE: REAREND GEAR CHOICE?
ORIGINAL: Troden
It's a manual. I am waiting on the supercharger as I have been told that the rings will crumble at 10,000 miles or there about. I did see in MMFF that stated the stainless steel rings were not the best choice when adding a SC. I am leaning toward the Saleen as is produces the least amount of boost....
As for the gas milage with 4.10's, If I was worried about milage, I would have bought a toyata!
It's a manual. I am waiting on the supercharger as I have been told that the rings will crumble at 10,000 miles or there about. I did see in MMFF that stated the stainless steel rings were not the best choice when adding a SC. I am leaning toward the Saleen as is produces the least amount of boost....
As for the gas milage with 4.10's, If I was worried about milage, I would have bought a toyata!
And if I was worried about mileage, I would have bought a V6 2005 Mustang!! No reason to give up the great styling!! No Toyota for me...
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Joined: Feb 2005
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RE: REAREND GEAR CHOICE?
ORIGINAL: Troden
I checked rpms at 55 mph today with 4.10's
4 th gear 55 mph were 2700
5 th gear 55 mph were 2000
I checked rpms at 55 mph today with 4.10's
4 th gear 55 mph were 2700
5 th gear 55 mph were 2000
That's pretty good info considering that I'm just waiting on the SCT. 4.10's are in the back yard along with the Steeda CAI and the Borla cat-backs.
I'm not worried about gas miliage. I have a company car making my stang a weekend joy ride!!!!!
Just like the rest of you guys, I can't wait to gets those mods in there.... don_w let me know how those gears feel...
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RE: REAREND GEAR CHOICE?
ORIGINAL: don_w
They don't list those as fitting the 2005... is there a difference in the rearends between 2004 & 2005?
They also show a 3.90 ratio ( http://www.mustangtuning.com/motive390.html )... if those fit, that may be a good alternative between 3.73 & 4.10... hmmm... decisions, decisions.
ORIGINAL: Fallstar01
http://www.mustangtuning.com/rearend.html
Personally, I think the Motive are every bit as good, maybe even better made than FRPP. The noise issues were actually with Reichert Racing gears a bit back. Most of the time that can be corrected with proper shimming.
http://www.mustangtuning.com/rearend.html
Personally, I think the Motive are every bit as good, maybe even better made than FRPP. The noise issues were actually with Reichert Racing gears a bit back. Most of the time that can be corrected with proper shimming.
They also show a 3.90 ratio ( http://www.mustangtuning.com/motive390.html )... if those fit, that may be a good alternative between 3.73 & 4.10... hmmm... decisions, decisions.
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Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 390
From: Chicago, IL
RE: REAREND GEAR CHOICE?
Dear Don W and Troden,
OK!!!
Vortech S/C is out because it will undoubtedly crumble my rings at 10,000 miles, RIGHT???
I hate having crumbled rings, don't you???
So, a Saleen S/C is better???
How confusing...
Dave
OK!!!
Vortech S/C is out because it will undoubtedly crumble my rings at 10,000 miles, RIGHT???
I hate having crumbled rings, don't you???
So, a Saleen S/C is better???
How confusing...
Dave
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RE: REAREND GEAR CHOICE?
Hey fella's I have 4.10's in my V6.... made a big difference and gas milage is still just as good as it was prior to changing gears. I also have 05 V6 with exterior and interior upgrades, Shaker 1000 that has never given me a problem, CAI kit, Xcal and Magnaflow Axleback. Running about 198 HP at the wheels, hope to get over the 200 marker with some new headers sometime soon.... Na, it's not a GT, but pretty damn good for 21,900. Here in the DC area GT's were running 31-34K.
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Joined: Mar 2005
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RE: REAREND GEAR CHOICE?
ORIGINAL: don_w
Nice! What ratio, brand, source, etc. delurker? come on... give it up!!
ORIGINAL: delurker
Gears for me on Monday! Woohoo!!! (long tubes and H-pipe too)
Gears for me on Monday! Woohoo!!! (long tubes and H-pipe too)
4.10 FRPP gears from Livernois Motorsports, JBA long tube headers and H-pipe from AJ-USA.
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Here is the reply from a mechanic when I asked about which brabd S/C to consider.
"Had them all. The positive displacement blowers make the best overall power. The centrifugals make the best peak. Both will turn the ring lands into crumbles within 10k miles. The top ring land will start to break down just because it is handling pressures way above the design specs. The top ring will start to rock and sooner or later it will let go."
"Had them all. The positive displacement blowers make the best overall power. The centrifugals make the best peak. Both will turn the ring lands into crumbles within 10k miles. The top ring land will start to break down just because it is handling pressures way above the design specs. The top ring will start to rock and sooner or later it will let go."
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RE: REAREND GEAR CHOICE?
ORIGINAL: don_w
They don't list those as fitting the 2005... is there a difference in the rearends between 2004 & 2005?
They also show a 3.90 ratio ( http://www.mustangtuning.com/motive390.html )... if those fit, that may be a good alternative between 3.73 & 4.10... hmmm... decisions, decisions.
ORIGINAL: Fallstar01
http://www.mustangtuning.com/rearend.html
Personally, I think the Motive are every bit as good, maybe even better made than FRPP. The noise issues were actually with Reichert Racing gears a bit back. Most of the time that can be corrected with proper shimming.
http://www.mustangtuning.com/rearend.html
Personally, I think the Motive are every bit as good, maybe even better made than FRPP. The noise issues were actually with Reichert Racing gears a bit back. Most of the time that can be corrected with proper shimming.
They also show a 3.90 ratio ( http://www.mustangtuning.com/motive390.html )... if those fit, that may be a good alternative between 3.73 & 4.10... hmmm... decisions, decisions.
I saw that as well and figured that while a 3.73 may feel marginal compared to my 3.55, a 3.90 might be the perfect alternative/compromise.
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Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,654
From: Philadelphia, PA
RE: REAREND GEAR CHOICE?
ORIGINAL: Troden
Here is the reply from a mechanic when I asked about which brabd S/C to consider.
"Had them all. The positive displacement blowers make the best overall power. The centrifugals make the best peak. Both will turn the ring lands into crumbles within 10k miles. The top ring land will start to break down just because it is handling pressures way above the design specs. The top ring will start to rock and sooner or later it will let go."
Here is the reply from a mechanic when I asked about which brabd S/C to consider.
"Had them all. The positive displacement blowers make the best overall power. The centrifugals make the best peak. Both will turn the ring lands into crumbles within 10k miles. The top ring land will start to break down just because it is handling pressures way above the design specs. The top ring will start to rock and sooner or later it will let go."