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MGSTANG

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What gears do I want on my 2002 v6 automatic? 3.73's or 4.10's. If 4.10's, don't you lose a lot of top end? Or peg your rev a lot faster. (Keep in mind that I'm spraying, I don't know if that makes a difference). I am also gonna be going with the Diable Delta Stage 3 flip chip.

 

GREENBIOCH

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MGSTANG said:

What gears do I want on my 2002 v6 automatic? 3.73's or 4.10's. If 4.10's, don't you lose a lot of top end? Or peg your rev a lot faster. (Keep in mind that I'm spraying, I don't know if that makes a difference). I am also gonna be going with the Diable Delta Stage 3 flip chip.

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If you have an Auto, Go with the 4.10's. If your spraying, It should not make a difference as long as you get the speedo recal'd. Just make sure you get that chip/recal, otherwise spraying won't be fun. You don't lose top end, at least good luck hitting top end on the track or city driving for that fact. You will rev a lot quicker as well. But if your gonna gear it do it right and get 4.10's with the auto, if you had a manual you would do best with 3.73's.

 

MGSTANG

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GREENBIOCH said:

If you have an Auto, Go with the 4.10's. If your spraying, It should not make a difference as long as you get the speedo recal'd. Just make sure you get that chip/recal, otherwise spraying won't be fun. You don't lose top end, at least good luck hitting top end on the track or city driving for that fact. You will rev a lot quicker as well. But if your gonna gear it do it right and get 4.10's with the auto, if you had a manual you would do best with 3.73's.

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I don't mean you lose top end, I mean if I'm getting 99 mph now, I probably won't get that mph with 4.10's, but my 60' would be a lot better. 4.10's make your acceleration quicker, but harder to get high top speeds?

 

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Don't fear the gear. Go with 4.10's. I had 3.73's in my 7.5". My 8.8" came with the 4.10's, and I wouldn't trade 'em for anything.

 

Double T

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I have an 02 v6 w/auto and I was thinking of swapping the 3.27 gears to 3.73s.
The car is my daily driver and I do a lot of city driving my mpg is between 16-18.5 So I dont want it to drop to much lower than that and thats why im hesitent of switching to the 3.73s, because of losing my MPG

 

MustangMuscleV8

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yes it will hurt your top end, if you try to top out your car.

 

decoy562

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4.10's for NA
3.73's for Blown

 

kylew5

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With new installation does the whining that the gears make eventually go away once you break them in a little better?

Also, what is the best way to get a speedo on 99+ recalibrated without using something like a diablo chip or any other type chip?

 

AP1995V6

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If the gears are whining, they may have been put in wrong, not calibrated correctly, whatever.

 

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kylew5 said:

With new installation does the whining that the gears make eventually go away once you break them in a little better?

Also, what is the best way to get a speedo on 99+ recalibrated without using something like a diablo chip or any other type chip?

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Well, if you have a 5 spd, then you can get a speedo recalibrator, but for close to half the price of a chip, I'd just give Justin @ VMP a shout. He'll take good care of ya.

 

kylew5

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99+ stangs don't have speedo gears from what i understand. i've just read the people have a little bit a whining in the rear end after a rear end swap and it subtly dies off as you break them in. thats mainly what i was wondering about. i'm goin to RPM Outlet within the next week or so to get a Delta Chip burned and installed to catch up with the other mods i have.