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fobra559

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fast97gt said:
off topic but did you get your x-pipe installed
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No not yet I just ordered pulleys recently and should get it here by friday. I want to do it all at once. I'll keep you posted when it's all done
 

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03ghoststang said:
IMO Ford racing gears would have been a tad bit better choice because most of the time you will be able to reuse the pinion shim form the one you take out the car, which will really make the install alot easier. Motive are a bit trickier to install cause you have to get the proper pinion depth and a different shim may have to be used.
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motive gears are just the frpp gears but are made in italy.and the gears that are boxed in the frpp boxes are not made in italy. but ford still produces italian made gears for motive. last time i checked
 
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fast97gt said:
motive gears are just the frpp gears but are made in italy.and the gears that are boxed in the frpp boxes are not made in italy. but ford still produces italian made gears for motive. last time i checked
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Can you give us your source for this claim?
 

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cant remember but, i do know that you can tell by the part number, the difference in the letters of that number, i cant freakin remember its bean a year or so ago when i had my gears installed, somebody in the site asked me what my part number was on the box to help me with my problem. sorry i cant give an answer right now, sorry...
 
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fast97gt said:
cant remember but, i do know that you can tell by the part number, the difference in the letters of that number, i cant freakin remember its bean a year or so ago when i had my gears installed, somebody in the site asked me what my part number was on the box to help me with my problem. sorry i cant give an answer right now, sorry...
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I believe that to a falacy that was going around a couple of years ago. Motive makes ratios that are unavailable from Ford and I would think that if that was true, Ford would also offer those same ratios. Plus the Ford gears utilize a face hob process which Motive gears do not. This is one of the reasons that Ford gears are less prone to howling than the others.
 

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fast97gt said:
motive gears are just the frpp gears but are made in italy.and the gears that are boxed in the frpp boxes are not made in italy. but ford still produces italian made gears for motive. last time i checked
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well i have installed both motive and FRPP gears, and the FRPP gears about 85% of them i reused the same shim to give me the proper pinion depth as to the motives i have to actually do some math and get the proper shim(s) to get the pinion depth
 
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