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Old 10-31-2004, 12:01 AM
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3.73
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Old 10-31-2004, 12:23 AM
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you have 2.73 stock...put the 3.73's in and youll **** your pants
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Old 10-31-2004, 02:47 AM
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how do you know that is the ratio I have?
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Old 10-31-2004, 04:05 AM
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you probably have 2.73's like they said. crawl under your car and check on the rear end. sometimes there is a metal tag that says what it has in there. I had 3.08's stock on my 94 cobra and changed them for 3.73's. They woke up my car quite a bit. Go with ford motorsport gears. I've heard from a few people that some others will chatter a little. With the 3.73's I run about 2500 rpms at 80 mph. you'll run through the gears much quicker. it takes some getting used to.
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Old 10-31-2004, 04:21 AM
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stock 5.0 with aod came with 273's, and stock t5 comes with 308's i think........... i got 3.73's in my t5, if i had an auto i'd go 4.11's... but if you do alot of long dist driving, go ATLEAST 3.73's...... thats just my opinion
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Old 10-31-2004, 12:38 PM
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if you own a auto 4.10s... Ford dont use 4.11s that chevy.
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Old 10-31-2004, 12:52 PM
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well I gues that I will go with the 3:73 and I would like to thank everyone for there advice.
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Old 10-31-2004, 01:35 PM
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well i have 3.73's in my t-5 and i love them. i still get around 20 mpg when i can keep my foot puy of it[sm=smiley15.gif] but i would say 3.73 also
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Old 10-31-2004, 03:10 PM
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ORIGINAL: Stinger

if you own a auto 4.10s... Ford dont use 4.11s that chevy.

yeah i knew that, just wasnt thinking[:@]
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Old 01-18-2007, 11:27 AM
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