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Ball park estimate of install of 3.73s?

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Old 08-15-2011, 09:46 PM
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PM Whitefox. He's a kickasss mechanic and does work on my car. Go with 4.10s and shoot him a PM. Where in Jersey are you? He's like 15 minutes of Delaware memorial bridge.....
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Old 08-15-2011, 10:35 PM
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Around here you would pay $350-400 for gears and clutch pack rebuild.

3.73 is a decent upgrade from 3.27, but numerically higher gears will give you even better acceleration. If I were starting from scratch again, I would go with 3.90 gears unless you know you will add boost later. I have had 3.27, 3.73, 3.90, and 4.10 in my car. 4.10 were real nice until I got to where I couldn't run the 1/4 without over-reving 4th gear.

You will like the 3.73 gear, but you may later wish that you had gone a little numerically higher.

NOTE: Don't just find the cheapest guy in town to install your gears!!! Find a shop that has done a lot of gear installs and knows what their doing. A poor install is a BAD thing.

GOOD LUCK and enjoy your new gears!
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Old 08-15-2011, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by PurpleIcedGT
PM Whitefox. He's a kickasss mechanic and does work on my car. Go with 4.10s and shoot him a PM. Where in Jersey are you? He's like 15 minutes of Delaware memorial bridge.....
+1 on 4.10s and PMing Whitefox. I've never met the guy in person, but he knows his stuff.
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Old 08-16-2011, 12:53 AM
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Shop around. I had a local 4x4 shop rebuild mine. They install gears everyday and know what they are doing. Go with the install kit w/new carrier bearings.
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Old 08-16-2011, 06:53 AM
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I would do 4.10s but the stang is my daily driver and I think 3.73 will be a big enough difference and still make sense. its an auto, and ive heard 3.73s are a pretty solid upgrade
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Old 08-16-2011, 06:59 AM
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Im thinking of going with these:
http://www.americanmuscle.com/ford-373-9498gt.html

Now will I need that install kit and all?.. sorry ive never done anything with gears beforeso this is all new to me
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Old 08-16-2011, 07:57 AM
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I paid $250 but I knew the dude. $300-$400 should be somewhere around there.
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Old 08-16-2011, 08:27 AM
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If i were to go from 3:55's to 4:10's would my gas mileage plummit? Also is there a complete kit that includes everything you need to refresh the entire rear end?
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Old 08-16-2011, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by dominant1
If i were to go from 3:55's to 4:10's would my gas mileage plummit? Also is there a complete kit that includes everything you need to refresh the entire rear end?
Some ppl admit that and others want for whatever reason. As far as a kit and not just the gears check the link below. http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...r-End-Gear-Kit
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Old 08-16-2011, 10:50 AM
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+1000 talk to whitefox (snoop doug) he will be doing my 4.10s shortly. possibly this weekend, maybe next weekend. he knows his shlt, and id much rather help a friend vs. blowing money on a shop.
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