I JUST SPENT MY WHOLE WEEKEND PUTTING GEARS IN, WOW WHAT A JOB. I HAVE NEVER DONE GEARS BUT I WANTED TO LEARN THEM IT WAS NO JOKE WAS VERY HARD BUT I DID PUT THEM IN. AS LONG AS U BUY THE RIGHT TOOLS ITS POSSABLE. IF ANYONE NEEDS A WEB SITE ON HOW TO PUT GEARS IN HERE YOU GO, THIS IS WHAT I WENT BY...


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nice job. how do they feel?

 

thats a sweet write up that guy did. but glad you did it and get em installed OK!

 

they feel great man.. i have auto so the gears with the tune feels great every sheft at 5650 rpm knocks me back lol in 2nd gear i spin tires. so if anyone is wondering about the gears the answer is yes they are worth it and the tune is great to go along with the gears. guys the job is very long lot of steps but it can be done, its not hard. i did it sat for my dads 02 GT he put 4.10 then woke up did mine lol then called in sick today bc i feel like shi+ lol

 

really the job shouldnt be THAT long. most techs can do it in a few hours. i bet ur glad u did it yourself tho.. thts one of the more technical things u can do on your car short of ripping the block down and builfing it back up.

 

i did mine in an afternoon, took me about 6 hours total

 

yea gears are nice, me and whitefoxgt put mine in in about 2 hours. and now we get to rip them back out... because im jumping up to 4.10s!

 

I used to do gears at ford, if you got the right tools its pretty easy. If you dont, like every other job it sux.

 

yea i spent just around $120 in tools, impact gun is a most! if u dont have one dont try, the drive shaft has lock tight. i keep seeing you guys with 4.10 and up and i have 3.73 i really hope u guys are not going to make do this job again lol sucks lol jk

 

With nitrous you will be happy with the 3.73's, they will still spin but you will definitely have an easier time hooking up the cheap way with drag radials only than if you had 4.10's and just slapped a DR on.

Sup3rstang, it should take as long as it did. When your car isn't 5" feet in the air and you have no experience, it takes a while. Even an experienced 'tech' will spend anywhere from 3 hours to 6 hours. Whenever you tackle a project at home with jackstands, it should take however long it takes, couple hours, 8 hours, 2 days or 2 weekends.