3.08 gears with a manual trans
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manicmechanic007
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I remember years ago driving a GT40 headed combo with a T5 and 3.08 gears and thought it was the nicest geared combo ever. Lots of low end torque and enough gear you didn't feel like you were always shifting.
Some days I hate my 3.73's. Too much torque to really lay into it in 1st gear, and when just driving, i sometimes feel like going through an intersection I need to get through 1st too fast and shift to 2nd before I'm through.
Ultimately depends on what you are doing with the car, but for a cruise build, my gears of choice would be 3.08, 3.27/3.31 or maybe 3.55's. If you plan on racing often, then obviously go 3.55/3/73/4.10
Some days I hate my 3.73's. Too much torque to really lay into it in 1st gear, and when just driving, i sometimes feel like going through an intersection I need to get through 1st too fast and shift to 2nd before I'm through.
Ultimately depends on what you are doing with the car, but for a cruise build, my gears of choice would be 3.08, 3.27/3.31 or maybe 3.55's. If you plan on racing often, then obviously go 3.55/3/73/4.10
gkomo
now i can hopefully expect to receive the shaft
That’s how I felt with my old 3.73’s. I would be shifting into second before I got to the opposite crosswalk in an intersection. Ripping it from first gear was instant tire shredding, but I did just have normal sporty-ish tires, not drag radials or anything.
I like the gears I have in my current Fox… need to figure out if they are 3.31’s or 3.55’s (is 3.31 even an option? PO said 3.31’s…).
3.31 are the common gear in S197 and newer cars - kind of like how the 2.73/3.08s were with the foxbody.
SN and New Edge are typically 3.27 stock (most of the ones I've seen at least).
I am going to put new seals in my 3.08 diff and run it... I will keep an eye out for another diff with 3.33, 3.45, or 354 gears.. The Corvette Dana 44 has gone the way of 94/95 mustang front spindles.. Scarce and expensive.... Lots of Dana 36's which are not as robust..
Here is the bat wing after hydro blasting... I will paint it with some clear, install new bushings and install it on my frame....
Finished the right rear knuckle too and intstalled ( have not tightened the nuts and bolts yet) on my Corvette Correction frame... When I can get something off the floor or off the shelf and on the car its a good day..
The " bat wing" is what the diff bolts to and it is mounted to the frame.. It also serves as the rear cover for Dana diffs in C4 corvettes..
Here is the bat wing after hydro blasting... I will paint it with some clear, install new bushings and install it on my frame....
Finished the right rear knuckle too and intstalled ( have not tightened the nuts and bolts yet) on my Corvette Correction frame... When I can get something off the floor or off the shelf and on the car its a good day..
The " bat wing" is what the diff bolts to and it is mounted to the frame.. It also serves as the rear cover for Dana diffs in C4 corvettes..
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Ford discontinued the 3.27 in favor of the 3.31 after the s197 came out.
You can still buy 3.27s from aftermarket vendors but if you want ford racing gears you’ll need to get 3.31s
gkomo
now i can hopefully expect to receive the shaft
I’m assuming he was mistaken with the 3.31’s and I have 3.55’s. The rear end is the exact rear end I had in my old Fox (sold my previous Fox to this guy who drove it then parted it out…) I used to have 3.73’s but he removed those and put a ‘taller’ gear in it. Just need to count rotations of wheels and driveshaft to figure out what they are.
my god those things got some outstanding fuel mileage, did the diesel one get a stick? Seems I remember a more door with a stick.
They were only 50hp. Lol. I don't know what transmissions were available.
My wife's Kia Forte gets 40mpg in the city and 44 plus mpg on a road trip.
My EX wife had a Turbo Diesel Jetta VW.... I wanna say it was an 84?? It got 55 MPG...... An UNHEARD of MPG back then...
That's one of the PERKS of 0-60 in like 30 mins..
I'm pretty good at knowing cars, but have no idea what a 84 Jetta looks like.On a side note, I saw a 55 Nomad Belaire driving down the highway. First time since high school. Had a friend who had a Yellow one. Pretty rare indeed
Reminds me of a story my dad told me. When he was a teen(the good ole 60s), he worked at Tom Thumb. A coworker bought a VW Bug. First month they added some gas to his tank each week. Bragging how he was getting 60-70mpg. Next month they started siphoning gas. Needless to say 15mpg the next month got him really worried.
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The dumb Keuhnt didn't need to go any faster.. She curbed cars. ran out of gas maybe 50 times and always left her lights on ( dead battery) when she got to work in the mornings..That's one of the PERKS of 0-60 in like 30 mins..
I saw this joke the other day and I realized how great life has been for the last 32 years not having to deal with daily female stupidity anymore
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