No more 3.73 rear end
10-13-2011, 07:22 AM
#13
The guys on the sales floor are really a bunch of lying idiots. They make S*** up all the time. When I bought my car last year, I asked the sales guy how TiVCT works. He didn't even understand the concept of varying cam timing by phasing the cam shafts in relation to the crankshaft. And there were probably about a dozen other things he just pulled out of his *** during the sale. I only found out he was making S*** up when I researched FoMoCo policies, publications, and offerings, when I asked friends, and when I hit the forums in search for more info.
10-13-2011, 11:34 AM
#15
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The guy may know how to take apart a car and put it back together, but doesn't mean he would necessarily know the politics in how the car was engineered or designed. Maybe he's right...but the story is a little far fetched.
10-13-2011, 11:42 AM
#16
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The rear gear dont mean anything anyways, If ford would want to get around it, they could always change the gear ratios in the tranmission to complement a 2.31 rear ring gear. It could still have the same overal gear ratio as a current mustang with 4.56. (disclamer......i know current mustaings dont have 4.56, just using it for an example.)
The government making limits on gear selection makes no sense at all. I flat out dont belive the dealer.
The government making limits on gear selection makes no sense at all. I flat out dont belive the dealer.
10-15-2011, 11:32 PM
#17
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Dunno. That's ust what the Sales Manager told me. We were chatting about my options, and I was telling him how much fun it is to drive w/ the 3.73. It's the same ratio as in my 2000 F350 Powerstroke. He commented that my package (Base GT Manual, Brembos, 3.73) is as close to a street legal racecar as I could get below the Boss 302.
10-16-2011, 11:39 AM
#19
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Dunno. That's ust what the Sales Manager told me. We were chatting about my options, and I was telling him how much fun it is to drive w/ the 3.73. It's the same ratio as in my 2000 F350 Powerstroke. He commented that my package (Base GT Manual, Brembos, 3.73) is as close to a street legal racecar as I could get below the Boss 302.
Your sales manager is an idiot.
10-16-2011, 12:35 PM
#20
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He was refering to FORD offerings, and for the $ spent. I think y'all are reading a little TOO much into this. I'm ONLY commenting on a single conversation. He seems like he knows what he's talking about...from our few conversations. Likeable guy.
I'm not saying that he couldn't be mis-informed. I'm just trying to pass along information.
AND....from my post, "...below the Boss 302..."
I'm not saying that he couldn't be mis-informed. I'm just trying to pass along information.
AND....from my post, "...below the Boss 302..."