3.73 gear swap - any FYI's to know about?

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Jun 3, 2013 | 05:34 PM

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Toadster

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Originally Posted by jthorn9

Tlock in a 7.5" rear for $700 = money up in smoke = paperweight

the open diff on our car has 146k miles on it so far... still going

why a paperweight? it's not like we're going to put a 175-shot of nitrous on this car

Jun 3, 2013 | 06:40 PM

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jthorn9

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Because the Tlok is very famous for failure under stock loads. It's not a very well constructed differential.

Jun 6, 2013 | 02:07 AM

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mustangcrazy87

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I had 4.10s and my diff blow after about 75,000 miles on it. I changed to 3.73. Slow, can't spin the tires as easy, but its still quick and I got a boost in mileage of about 4-5 mpg over my 4.10s.

Jun 6, 2013 | 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mustangcrazy87

I had 4.10s and my diff blow after about 75,000 miles on it. I changed to 3.73. Slow, can't spin the tires as easy, but its still quick and I got a boost in mileage of about 4-5 mpg over my 4.10s.

holy crap - what MPG were you getting with 4.10s?