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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 10:32 AM
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I had 4.10's in my 2000 gt loved it. diffently will lay down some rubber through first and secound gear with those bad boys! but for what your wanting I would reccommend 3.73
Old Feb 4, 2010 | 02:10 PM
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thanks for all the good info guys, still pondering what to do, chances are i wont have this same job by the summer so highway may not be an issue by then, prob will be working closer to home by then,

and this will be 1 of my biggest mods on the car, i will prob never SC or cam it so i want to get as much as i can out of this gear

is it true ford racing doesnt make the 390? some other company? because im told ford racing gears are the best
Old Feb 4, 2010 | 02:19 PM
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My 3.90's are made by Motive. Ford Racing makes Motive and/or the other way around. I forget which lol.

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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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do you have an auto if so then definitely 4.10s...
Old Feb 4, 2010 | 02:49 PM
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Some FRPP gears are made by a US based company (the name escapes me at the moment), and Motive (in Italy). I installed FRPP/Motive 3.73s in my '03 2-1/2 years and 55k miles ago--no noise, no problems of any kind.

The Italians do after all know a thing or two about making high performance cars...
Old Feb 4, 2010 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Mustang_NTriangle
do you have an auto if so then definitely 4.10s...
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 04:50 PM
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I have a manual and 4.10s. If your doing a lot of highway i would go with the 3.90s. So youll get a happy medium. I went from my years stock 2.73s to 4.10s. It made such a difference.
Old Feb 4, 2010 | 05:34 PM
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4.10's here and love them!!! I'd love to feel what they would be like with cams and/or boost with some d/r's. I got 26mpg going back and forth to pittsburgh on the turnpike. So gas mileage is all good. I was getting 26 before and 26 after. But i limit myself to not going over 75mph though. So if youre doing 80, might want slightly higher gears.
Old Feb 4, 2010 | 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by agarr19
373s ftw their perfect just right
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 06:01 PM
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I'm thinking of getting 4.10's, i have an auto. I commute to school 3 times a week, 16 miles each way so i'm still on the fence if i should get them or not.



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