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Jontue Harris

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I have the stock 2.73 gears and I have some 3.73 gears what gears should I purchase to have a nice freeway ride ? Dont want RPM's to be extremely high...!!!!1

 

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what trans do you have? I have 3:73's in my 88 with a t-56 and personally because 1st thru 4th are so close together I've been thinking of switching to a 3:55 gear. I run about 2100-2300 rpm cruisin around 70 mph

 

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jdb3rd said:

what trans do you have? I have 3:73's in my 88 with a t-56 and personally because 1st thru 4th are so close together I've been thinking of switching to a 3:55 gear. I run about 2100-2300 rpm cruisin around 70 mph

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I have a Aod transmission demon stage 1 550 hp 1800 - 2100 stall have not put any parts on my stang as of yet all sitting in my computer room in boxes...

 

Mintsick

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With the AOD I'd throw those 3.73's in.

 

foxbodymike87

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i got 3.27's not bad on highway

 

TOOLOW91

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i have 2.73s in my coupe and am planning on 3.27s.. to me its a overall nice gear and leaves room to go turbo or supercharger and not have usless first and second gear

 

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toolow91 said:

i have 2.73s in my coupe and am planning on 3.27s.. to me its a overall nice gear and leaves room to go turbo or supercharger and not have usless first and second gear

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That 89 looks very nice man!

 

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Jontue Harris said:

That 89 looks very nice man!

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thank you very much i appriciate it !

 

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toolow91 said:

i have 2.73s in my coupe and am planning on 3.27s.. to me its a overall nice gear and leaves room to go turbo or supercharger and not have usless first and second gear

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there literally shouldnt be a first gear. Its absolutely pointless, as soon as you take off you have to shift.

 

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even with 27s?

 

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toolow91 said:

even with 27s?

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well i'll say this..my first gear tops out at like 10-15 mph

 

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yikes I don't get how guys do it with 73s then

 

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He's talking about an AOD here though not a T5.

 

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On an AOD, especially if staying n/a, I wouldn't do less than 3.73. At least not on a car with a stock torque converter. With freeway rpms being a concern you wouldn't want to go much higher than that. If I had a higher stall (like you do) a 3.55 might be doable. The car wouldn't be such a dog off the line.