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what does changing your gears do to the way the car drives? how does it differ by size?

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Changing your gears to a steeper gear (3.73, 3.90, 4.10, etc) will get you a better acceleration. The steeper the gear the more of a kick in the deat youll get. I would suggest 4.10's ;)

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I second that..... At least 4.10`s

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how hard is it to change the gears? also does it mess with gas millage?

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its not really something that you want to take on yourself, if not shimmed correct they will prematurlly wear out, and all bad stuff like that,

as for gas milage, i dont have gears but from what it seems like, it lowers your milage, but not that much, 3 - 4 mpg on the highway with 410's. some one with 410's could give you better information.



cant wait till i get gears:D:D:D

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It's definately not a task for someone who's modding experience includes: blinker fluid changes, new wiper blades, and a CAI. Also, installation could run you upwards of $500. 4.10 gearing is about a 1-2 mpg difference on highway driving and if you dont floor it from every stop sign you shouldnt see that much of a change in city driving.

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4.10 or bust. you're not going to get any HP gain, but hot damn. you're gonna love that acceleration. plants you back in the seat.

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so when you get better acceleration does it take it away from the top speed of the car or where does it come from? the reason I asked how hard it is to change is because I have never had a rear axel befor. I have only done engine work on rear wheel drive cars and my other cars have been ricers that I have moded because I have this crappy thing called snow and ice that sucks to drive on.

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sure, you'll lose some top speed, but nothing you're going to notice. unless you play on going like 150mph all the time or something.

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I've got the "optional" 3.27s in my 97 gt. I don't wanna loose too much mpg, so would 3.73s be a good balance of kick and some level of economy? And yeah who plans on going 150mph all the time. If so, go to europe, buy a bmw and have funw ith the autobahn.


George