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does anyone know of a good place to have my gears installed in the BAY AREA... i just received my Motive 3.90's and want to get them installed soon and with a good shop. Also what should i look for while getting them installed, do i need anything else besides what i got with my gears? break in period? any info would be great thanx in advance
 

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one of the best shop for gears change:
http://www.rearendspecialties.com

Apex Motorsports in santa clara should be able to do it too.
 
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Call Greg (408)945-1900 at GNJ Motorsports in Milpitas. I have him put my 3.73 on. He did a damn good job.
 

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stallion98gt said:
one of the best shop for gears change:
http://www.rearendspecialties.com

Apex Motorsports in santa clara should be able to do it too.
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I got mine done at rearendspecialties.. Apex doesn't do it i don't think.. but they will do speedo recalibration either by dyno tune or Abbott Speedo calibrator..
 

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Gear Works
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510-278-5211
$250.. ask for Ron
 

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BLUE03GT said:
does anyone know of a good place to have my gears installed in the BAY AREA... i just received my Motive 3.90's and want to get them installed soon and with a good shop. Also what should i look for while getting them installed, do i need anything else besides what i got with my gears? break in period? any info would be great thanx in advance
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You need to heat cycle the gears, so closer the better... Rear end specialties tells you not to drive more than 15 miles without a 30 min cool down for the first 100 miles. Plus not going over 65mph until 500 miles, with reving of course pretty low, around 2-2300 RPM

-wade
 

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wms004 said:
You need to heat cycle the gears, so closer the better... Rear end specialties tells you not to drive more than 15 miles without a 30 min cool down for the first 100 miles. Plus not going over 65mph until 500 miles, with reving of course pretty low, around 2-2300 RPM

-wade
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That's some pretty good advice. Maybe a little drastic on the keeping the revs "pretty low, around 2-2300 RPM", but better safe than sorry. Allow the rearend to experience some moderate acceleration, deceleration and normal crusing. Just don't dog the hell out of it at all for the first 500 miles. Then dog the hell out of it!!!
 

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twogts4us said:
That's some pretty good advice. Maybe a little drastic on the keeping the revs "pretty low, around 2-2300 RPM", but better safe than sorry. Allow the rearend to experience some moderate acceleration, deceleration and normal crusing. Just don't dog the hell out of it at all for the first 500 miles. Then dog the hell out of it!!!
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That is what rear end specialties asks of you, and worth it in the long run, because they will not warranty their work on gears YOU bring in, and most of us like to bring in Ford Racing and Motive gears, so its a good precaution.. when you finish the 500 miles and never have to worry about whining noises again, its all worth it.
 
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Where is the bay area? There are a lot of bay area's. For Tampa Bay in FL, call Race Related.
 

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GregGTStang said:
Where is the bay area? There are a lot of bay area's. For Tampa Bay in FL, call Race Related.
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there is only one bayarea in this world and we're in it
 
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hmmmm, I know of a lot of bay area's that people like to say...may not be in a real bay, but that's what they call it. I know of about 10 non-real bay areas.
 

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we have teh real one...Yay Area !!!!!!!! lol
 
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yay area!! IN CALI IS RIGHT! ...anywho... the gears are being installed as we speak, is there anywhere i can take it afterwards to have my speedo fixed? Apex wont do it they said i need a chip and Mustang ranhc wasnt too clear on whether they do it or not they just said bring it in? ... all i want is to recalibrate my speedo.. does anyone know of a place that will do it in the YAY AREA?!
 
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if i cant find a shop that will do it...ill pay someone with a programmer to do it for me if someone is willing?! ... i really dont wanna buy one just for my speedo, any help?
 
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well im off to pick up the car now! if anyone can help me out let me know please! ill check back in a few hours
 

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well im off to pick up the car now! if anyone can help me out let me know please! ill check back in a few hours
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www.apexmotorsports.com will do it for you.. just tell them you recently got the gear change when you go in there.. otherwise you need to order a speedcal.

edit: nm, do you have an automatic?
 
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no i have a 5-speed.... so should apex be able to do it? they told me i needed some sort of chip... then again the guy didnt really know what i was talking about when i said i had my gears swapped for 3.90's ...
 

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my recommendation is just buy a dallasmustang or brotherperformance speedcal and be done with. then later on when your finished with all your bolt on mods you can have a custom burnt chip (SCT) and sell the speedcal.
 

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no i have a 5-speed.... so should apex be able to do it? they told me i needed some sort of chip... then again the guy didnt really know what i was talking about when i said i had my gears swapped for 3.90's ...
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Ask Apex if they would be able to do an Abbott speed calibrator for you. Otherwise they are talking about having a dyno-tune done to calibrate it with an autologic chip.
 
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