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Old 09-18-2006, 02:34 PM
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Default RE: 3.73 or 4.10 gears?

Scrming said his 4.10's dont make any difference on the highway he get like 24mpg cruising at 75-80mph. 4.10 gears and either T-lok or TrueTrac...T-lok would be my choice.
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Old 09-18-2006, 03:24 PM
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I bought my LCA's from "hotpart.com" on ebay. They look exactly like others I have seen and cost $89. There were no instructions though, but I can tell you how to assemble the bushings and what end they go in (have photos also) It took me 2 hours from start to all my tools put away to install the LCA's and adjustable panhard par. Now my car goes straignt, but they are noisier.

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Old 09-18-2006, 04:22 PM
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When i get LCA's scrming reccomended the BMR's, they arent very much if i recall they are $130 and they are supposed to be quieter so that will probably be what i buy.
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Old 09-18-2006, 04:35 PM
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I'd buy the CHE's if I had the money
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Old 09-19-2006, 09:13 AM
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are those higher gear ratios bad for some one who does allot of daily driving??? If so whys that?? Do they get you bad gas mileage or do they wear out quick or something???
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Old 09-19-2006, 10:57 AM
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I'm getting 23 mpg with my 3:73's driving to work and back. It goes down at the strip
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Old 09-19-2006, 12:03 PM
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my 373s and t loc are being instaled tomarrow
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Old 09-19-2006, 01:21 PM
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I got a new "Mustang Enthusiast" mag and they talk about swaping gears for an 8.8 though, but and theres a comment "3.73 are great if you seldom drive on the freeway" so I'm still trying to find out thy those aren't recomended for highway driving......
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Old 09-19-2006, 01:29 PM
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I drive on the highway all the time with my 3:73's, a few hundred rpm's higher, and gas mileage goes down just a little. With our overdrive it's fine. Not like the 3:73's in my 73 mach 1, which is very uncomfortable on the highway due to the excessivly high rpm's (but damn it's fast)
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Old 09-19-2006, 01:30 PM
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so it's jus bad for gas milage, not anything that can go wrong mechanicaly even at high RPMs????
BTW I have a manual and sometimes I do some down shifrting from 5th to 3rd to accelerate faster on the highway if that means anything for those larger gears....
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