TRUEBLUE3934

Yup, I guess so.

TrueMetalGeek

I'm surprised he didn't notice the gear change right away. That's a pretty significant change from 3.27 to 4.10

The last gear swap I did was a 3.55 to 4.56 in my 4 X 4 Dakota.
And I noticed one heck of a difference right away.
Acceleration from a dead stop was much better. And it netted .5 in the 1/4 (not a drag racer but I still ran it to get the times).

I towed beyond the tow rating which is why I did the swap.
And I abused the heck out of the truck for years. No break in period.
My bro in law has been driving the truck for the last few years now. Still working great.

I did spend a lot of time getting the gears in just right though.

I wonder if I still have pix uploaded somewhere...

Yup. I do.


Look at the difference in that pinion gear!
The 4.56 has such a tiny diameter. HE HE





It took a lot of work to get those gears set up good. But it lasted.




Now that I have the '96 Mustang GT 5 speed I feel like the stock gears are fine to me. I couldn't imagine having real low gears with a 5 speed manual.
I can already leave from a dead stop in 2nd gear when I want to.

hpwrestler220

+1

Go rip it. No break in time required for a gear install, especially if they were installed correctly!!! I know I didn't break mine in -- My mechanic told me it was a bunch of crap! Do new cars have to break in gears? Nope!

supersnake67

I'm with you. I went from 3.27's to 3.73s and installed my sct 91 octane tune in the parking lot after the install. Other than the RPM's being higher and less shifting, I was a little dissapointed. Even my wife was confused cause I spent time before they were installed explaining what and why. And she told me it feels NO DIFFERENT !!! I think you will not get anywhere with these 2vs unless you force feed it or keep it N/A with heads and cams. All else is all show and no go.

WhiteFoxGT

idk what you zilches are doing, but a decent numeric gear change is extremely noticeable, or you all have numb sense of gravity

supersnake67

I feel the difference . I just saying with 500 dollars in gears and extras and a 300 dollar tuner that my butt isn't feeling the 800 dollars i spent. Could've done cams for that money.

WhiteFoxGT

3.27s to 3.73s will get you a few tenths down the 1/4.. thats worth every bit of a couple hundred bucks..

no other mod that costs 150$ will do that

TRUEBLUE3934

Yup, I'd challenge you to find a $500 mod(with the exception of nitrous) that will give you the acceleration improvement of a set of steeper gears.