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that is the same with me i bought the car and the guy said it has 3.55 but i never checked to make sure.

Michael thanks for that info on the gears and keeping the engine iin the power area. also thanks for the link cool site.
 

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MustangMulch said:
Hmm.. i have 3.55's, and when shifting at around 5500 into 2nd, and about 5200 into 3rd, I always cross the line at the very top of 3rd. I have never hit 4th gear in the 1320. Is this possible with 3.55s? Do I not even have 3.55s? The guy I bought the car from a year and a half ago told me it has 3.55s, but I haven't actually jacked the car up to mark the driveshaft and check it out.
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What mph are you running? Tire size? What rpm?......answer those 3 and I can tell you which gear you have.
 

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Mulch - if you're running up around 90-100 at the top of third, you don't have 3.55's. The link provided above will do all the calcs to help you zero in on it - but the easiest is to simply count shaft revs per 1 tire rev. My guess is 2.73's or 3.08's.
 

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When crossing the line, i'm usually around 93 mph at 2700 ft. elevation, which calculates to 96 mph at sea level. My tires are 255/60/15s, and i'm not exactly sure about the RPMs when I cross the line, but i think its around 5000-5500 in 3rd.

The tag on my door has a 'Z' under AX, so I think that means my car came stock with 3.08s. I would be the happiest man in the world if I found out I actually have 3.08s, then i'll be able to get me a set of 3.73s, which I plan on doing anyway.
 

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I need to get my jackstands back from my buddy so I can find out what I have.
 
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