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Old 03-12-2007, 01:41 AM
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I was wondering where a good place to buy a complete set of 3:73 gears for my 89 Mustang.

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Old 03-12-2007, 01:55 AM
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You can buy gears pretty much anywhere. I buy mostly all my parts from Summit, especially cause its only 40 minutes from my house. Website is: www.summitracing.com
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Old 03-12-2007, 02:05 AM
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i would say summit or jegs. good luck.
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Old 03-12-2007, 11:53 AM
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you can get from 5.0 resto for 155
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Old 03-12-2007, 12:00 PM
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I always heard that fitment with other companies does not matter, its all about who installs them, etc. butthe shop who installed my gears had problems with them because they were motives and it took them alot longer, etc. They said that if they were FRPP that they would of slipped right in, not sure if thats true or not but just thought I would throw that out there. IfI were to do it again I would go FRPP. Also, dont forget to get your own fluid, you dont know what junk they are going to put in there. Also, geta good installation kit (the $110 FRPP kit from summitracing.com is the best that I have seen) and get a speedo gear while your at it. Most shops should install it for little cash or free when they are doing the gears. Good Luck.
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Old 03-12-2007, 12:14 PM
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If you get on e-bay you can buy a set from brenspeed with the gears and all of the bearings so you can do a complete rebuild and its only like 200 bucks. I actually didnt do this b/c i wasntgonna replace all of the bearings but ended up doin it anyways and costme about 250 in the end...wish i would have.
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Old 03-12-2007, 12:24 PM
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Make sure you get axle seals & bearings. I didnt think it was necessary but every shop that I called for the install highly recommend it.

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...p;autoview=sku

Also, Brenspeed sells Motive gears.
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Old 03-12-2007, 01:35 PM
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yea i was told to use only frpp gears motives are cheap in price but hear they are cheap period
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Old 03-12-2007, 01:40 PM
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Its not that Motives are cheap they are just going to require a little bit more work on the install. I was actually told by the shop who I took my gears too that Motives were better gears they just werent a direct replacement like the FRPP gears. He told me that the Motives had more meat too them, not sure if thats true or not though.
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Old 03-12-2007, 01:45 PM
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guess the only way to tell is by matching em up but i think i will still go with frpp gears for another 20 bucks
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