I"had" a 72 Monte for ten years as my daily.I cant believe you have a 72 Monte Carlo. Such a nice car.
MIne ran off with my best friend.. I still miss him.....X wife got it in divorce. Damn I MISS HER(THE CAR).
Time for better suspension and sticky tires!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
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 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
3.31 are the common gear in S197 and newer cars - kind of like how the 2.73/3.08s were with the foxbody.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…).
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’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.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
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.My cousin had a Shiatvette that was diesel from the factory.
They were only 50hp. Lol. I don't know what transmissions were available.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.
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...
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..
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