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Roush 2000 s281 conv. #269

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Eleanor68

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I just got it over the weekend and love it already.. It has tons of upgrades and really super clean and fast thanks to the 12lb boost pulley and 4.10 gears.. I have 2 questions though..first, the saleen fuel pressure guage was never hooked up and the wire was tie wrapped in the engine compt. what kind of sending unit would i need to get that working correctly. Second question, is the gears, while impressive acceleration, im worried about all around use. Since first is basicsally useless, I wanted some guys opinions on if i should bother changing the rear out for something more useful all around.. I plan on doing road racing with it, but will the 4.10's be too much? Would something like 3.73's be a better choice for this car. I havent been into mustangs and such lately, last one was almost 6 years ago, and a lot has changed since then, i was into the 5.0's, and know nothing on the 4.6's,(yet), so i guess this is where i start asking questions.. i also got to figure out how to put pics up, sio i can show it off a little....thanks,Jon
 

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I would opt for the 355s or the 373s if you are going to road race the car.
 

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Congrats on your purchase - I have 3.55's in my SC 2000, good all around and can get after it when I need too - you might want to keep the 4.10's if you are going to compete with it.
 

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Thanks for the replies, still undecided, maybe 3.73's so i got the best of both. still need to figure out the fuel press guage..
 

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The feel of 3.73's and 4.10's is not very different.
So if you want to eliminate the feel of a useless first gear, 3.73's probably aren't going to do that.
But using drag radials will. I know you said road racing, so if you use nitto drag radials, they can also be used for road racing.
If you aren't too hard on them, you can get 10,000 miles out of em
 
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