95 GT Vert T5 3.08s to 3.55s?

I'm pretty sure 94-95 5.0 T-5's have a 3.35 first gear as apposed to the previous years have a 2.95 1st.. I was under the impression that they changed it to help from a dead start because the Sn95's are a bit heavier. maybe I'm wrong. I've got the 393 motor in mine & I went back to 3.27 from the 3.90 that were in it when I bought it because first was way to short for street driving... I would think 3.55 would be about perfect & even if you modded the motor in the future, 3.55 would still be fine, it's a great all around gear.

I'm running 3.73s with my manual. You get plenty of use out of first. I'd highly recommend them!

Husky44 said:

I'm running 3.73s with my manual. You get plenty of use out of first. I'd highly recommend them!

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I'll play devils advocate here....

I run 373s with my manual. I find 1st is worthless and have to shift once you hit the other side of the steet. I plan on removing mine and going back to 355s.
Its a matter of taste...I felt the 355s were the best for my driving style... the low end was better as I wasnt short shifting and it still had nice mid/high end pull...plus my MPG was better.

Lol, I'm currently just the opposite.

3.55's are great with a stock geared tranny, but since I switched to a TKO600 with the 2.87 first gear it doesn't have as much umph off the line and want to switch to 3.73