Buying Gears

[sirpoofington]

Thinking of buying gears for my 04 GT. RPM Outlet has a kit w/ Motive gears , a diablosport (or sct) tuner, and an install kit. Located here http://rpmoutlet.com/newv8m.htm (option B). Curious if the install kit is adequate, as there are two options, a full, and a standard bearing kit (which comes with the package). Also, are Motive gears a reliable brand? I don't have much experience with rear ends, but I have my bro who's a professional mechanic who's going to help me out. Just curious what your thoughts are. Oh, BTW, I would be going with the 3.73s.

 

[Susky]

I bought their package with the SCT2 tuner. I got the tuner, the gears, and the bearing kit. Apparently I'm still supposed to get a set of seals, but they haven't arrived. I also ordered the replacement girdle, and it hasn't showed up, either. I think they're both on backorder, but my repeated e-mails haven't been answered, and it's making me more than a little uncomfortable.

 

[the98stang]

Thinking of buying gears for my 04 GT. RPM Outlet has a kit w/ Motive gears , a diablosport (or sct) tuner, and an install kit. Located here http://rpmoutlet.com/newv8m.htm (option B). Curious if the install kit is adequate, as there are two options, a full, and a standard bearing kit (which comes with the package). Also, are Motive gears a reliable brand? I don't have much experience with rear ends, but I have my bro who's a professional mechanic who's going to help me out. Just curious what your thoughts are. Oh, BTW, I would be going with the 3.73s.

You car prolly has low miles since it's an 04. You won't need the bearing kit if you have less than 30-40k miles. Motive is a nice brand of gears. People complain that they whine, but gears will NOT whine if they are installed correctly. I would also get the SCT tuner, not the diablosport.

 

[sirpoofington]

Why the SCT and not the Diablo? My friend just got an SCT, and it seemed lame.

 

[04YELLOWGT]

More tuners use SCT than Diablo. SCT is just a nicer and easier program to use too.

 

[the98stang]

Why the SCT and not the Diablo? My friend just got an SCT, and it seemed lame.

well, they're both pretty much the same. Get the tuner that is mostly used in your area (that way you won't have any trouble getting the car dyno'ed and tuned)

 

[Pennywise2]

Screw RPM Outlet!
Here is where I got my FRPP gears for cheaper.
www.ebay.com

 

[Texas04silverGT]

Thinking of buying gears for my 04 GT. RPM Outlet has a kit w/ Motive gears , a diablosport (or sct) tuner, and an install kit. Located here http://rpmoutlet.com/newv8m.htm (option B). Curious if the install kit is adequate, as there are two options, a full, and a standard bearing kit (which comes with the package). Also, are Motive gears a reliable brand? I don't have much experience with rear ends, but I have my bro who's a professional mechanic who's going to help me out. Just curious what your thoughts are. Oh, BTW, I would be going with the 3.73s.

I do not have any experience with rpmoutlet, but I have had Motive 4.10's for 7-8000 miles in a 5 speed now with NO ISSUES and no whine. I highly recommend them.

 

[Susky]

FWIW, I'm still having issues with RPM Outlet. I have everything except the diff cover (girdle) that I ordered. I've sent them several e-mails, but I haven't gotten a single human reply.

I've put off getting the work done until I get all the parts, but I'm getting really impatient. It's been over a month since I placed my order. Grrrrr.

The phone calls will start today.