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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 01:12 AM
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I have a 87 GT Convertible. 5.0, CAI, BBk headers, Off Road H pipe, Flow Masters the rest of the way back. The car is an automatic with stock 2.73 gears. The car is a dog at take off. What gears do you think I should go with. I've been thinking either 3.56 or 3.73. What do you guys think?
Old Jun 19, 2008 | 02:04 AM
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My friend has 3.73 and the stang feels good its also an automatic... it runs good on the street and freeway
Old Jun 19, 2008 | 02:08 AM
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i have a buddy with 4.11 and a shift kits and this thing is bad to the bone but............gas milage is well.......there is none really lol
Old Jun 19, 2008 | 06:15 AM
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4.10's for an auto
Old Jun 19, 2008 | 12:26 PM
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No less than 4.10s.. 3.73s will leave you wanting more.
Old Jun 19, 2008 | 01:24 PM
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i have 4:10s in my 5 speed and still pull 18mpg on the interstate, i would definitely go higher then 373
Old Jun 19, 2008 | 01:32 PM
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3.73's for a stick period unless u like to shift even more like a madmen its just not necessary for a daily driven vehicle especially if u put any nos or boost to it later u will not want that steep of a gear with a power adder for the street or track as u will just blow the tires off.

if u are planning a little boost or something i would stay in the 3.55-3.73 area
Old Jun 19, 2008 | 01:42 PM
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i only put around 5-7k miles on my car a year so im not to worried about it, it used to have a procharger on it
Old Jun 19, 2008 | 02:12 PM
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and with a procharger i bet u would just light up the tires and shift out of 1 st and 2nd real fast i know ive ridden in a few supercharged stangs with 3.73's
Old Jun 19, 2008 | 02:22 PM
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I have a shift kit in it now and as of right now I do a lot of city driving but, might be moving about 6 miles from the city. The next upgrades I would like to do to it is a 65mm throttle body and egr spacer, gt40 heads and a different intake. I don't think I want to do a cam because I would have to switch to mass air and that sounds like a pain but, if I go through and put heads and intake why not do the cam while I'm there. Right now I want to do gears and go from there.



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