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4.30's too much gear???

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Adam95GT

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keith you have your 3.90's sitting around???
 

Chern_889

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I half daily drive my stang with 3.73s, going to switch to 3.55s, first gear is just way to short for my liking from a dead stop, i cant shift it fast enough
 

Pokageek

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Adam95GT said:
keith you have your 3.90's sitting around???
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If I did you coulda had them but sorry I sold them on ebay. All around best gear man. I loved them.

"Is it that time of the month?"
LOl -no. I picked the wrong upper gear for my combo (in the trans). I have a .64 5th which revs nice and low on the b-way..Problem was with the 3.27's she was bucking at like 1643rpm@60mph ACK! That upper gear is meant for peeps with a non bucking combo or higher rear gear ratio. So with the 3.55's I am about 1800rpm@60. Still too low but hell of alot better. I didn't want to go to big on the gear cuz I didnt want to have to drive around with slicks..So speaking of PMS ,Rick 91GT is gonna try and tune that out with one.

......hmmm maybe u can buy me trans and get the 4.30s... Its got..maybe 2-3k on it...put it in the gear calc:

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/Detailed/608.shtml
 

final5-0

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Ok ... OK

It's time for me to speak up here

All you young guys are a bunch of weenies

No ... not really

I'm justa funnin with ya a bit

It really does have a whole lot to do with perspective :Word:

Heck Fire ... when I was a kid in my mid 60's Falcons, Fairlanes & Stangs

All we had back in the day was 4 forward gears

You know ... 4 in the floor ... as they said it back then

anyway

That means 4th was 1 to 1

Hey ... My 9 inch housings were always loaded with 456's

And you young'ens cry about turnin less than 3K on the highway

It was just understood ..............

When you snuck out your weekend warrior on the street every now and then
You had a highway cruise speed of 45 to 50 mph

Grady
 

nmcgrawj

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final5-0 said:
Ok ... OK

It's time for me to speak up here

All you young guys are a bunch of weenies

No ... not really

I'm justa funnin with ya a bit

It really does have a whole lot to do with perspective :Word:

Heck Fire ... when I was a kid in my mid 60's Falcons, Fairlanes & Stangs

All we had back in the day was 4 forward gears

You know ... 4 in the floor ... as they said it back then

anyway

That means 4th was 1 to 1

Hey ... My 9 inch housings were always loaded with 456's

And you young'ens cry about turnin less than 3K on the highway

It was just understood ..............

When you snuck out your weekend warrior on the street every now and then
You had a highway cruise speed of 45 to 50 mph

Grady
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haha, you'd get ran over here doing 45-50 on a freeway.
 

NotQuik

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Adam95GT said:
and cruise around in and scare old men in their s197s
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heheheh
 

final5-0

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nmcgrawj said:
haha, you'd get ran over here doing 45-50 on a freeway.
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True ... True

Where I grew up there were several little communities that each had its own
places where gear heads like to ... shall we say ... Congregate

therefore

When you wanted to go over there and raise a ... little cain

You just stuck to the non-hiway kinda roads

Also ... If I was in my own neck of the woods

Well ... 28'' tall wrinkle wall slicks did meet the public streets every now
and then which kept the r's down a tad

Might get by with the sticky tires left on for a quick trip to the burger joint
but
You did have to cap the headers

Grady
 

nmcgrawj

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final5-0 said:
True ... True

Where I grew up there were several little communities that each had its own
places where gear heads like to ... shall we say ... Congregate

therefore

When you wanted to go over there and raise a ... little cain

You just stuck to the non-hiway kinda roads

Also ... If I was in my own neck of the woods

Well ... 28'' tall wrinkle wall slicks did meet the public streets every now
and then which kept the r's down a tad

Might get by with the sticky tires left on for a quick trip to the burger joint
but
You did have to cap the headers

Grady
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They've been shutting down the congregation spots so much around detroit....ive had a lot of fun. But man i wish i coulda experienced some of the stories i hear from older guys
 

94-302-vert

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nmcgrawj said:
They've been shutting down the congregation spots so much around detroit....ive had a lot of fun. But man i wish i coulda experienced some of the stories i hear from older guys
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No kidding huh?

My dad has some CRAZY stories...

Anyway, as to the 4.30's... I woudl go with them personally... I mean I have 3.73's and wish I had 4.10's a lot of times... so 4.30's is only ~5% more revs than 4.10's... I mean my 5.0l loves to sit at 3krpm on the highway as it is...
 

final5-0

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Old stories being put aside and returning back to the ratio Q

If your Stang is a DD ... That makes a B I G difference in your decision :Word:

Its so much more difficult trying to hot rod a dd as you have to make
W A Y too many compromises

Gear choice is one of the biggies for sure

Grady
 

BlackVert

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final5-0 said:
If your Stang is a DD ... That makes a B I G difference in your decision :Word:

Its so much more difficult trying to hot rod a dd as you have to make
W A Y too many compromises

Gear choice is one of the biggies for sure

Grady
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This is what I have been saying all this time.
 

Black95GTS

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Tune it and look at the dyno graph. If you're still making horse power at 7K, go 4.30s. If you start nosing over at 6K, think 3.73. Why guess? Post the graph if you want a second, (or 30th), opinion.

Adam
 
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