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sirpoofington

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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.
 

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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.
 

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

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

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Why the SCT and not the Diablo? My friend just got an SCT, and it seemed lame.
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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)
 
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Screw RPM Outlet!
Here is where I got my FRPP gears for cheaper.
www.ebay.com
 

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sirpoofington said:
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.
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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.
 

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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.
 
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