Im very sorry for this thread - Im fearing the gear
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droptopford 5 0
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ive heard split responses as far as when aod-e cars hit the limiters before the shift... ive heard 50/50 about hitting the limiter in first with 3.73's, and ive probably heard 95% of aod-e's with 4.10's complain of the problem. do it the right way instead of shifting the gears on your own... the aod-e's arent meant for this kind of thing in stock form without a different valvebody. i chewed my aod-e up in about 25k with only doing this every once in a while. multiple trannie shops chewed me out on that one since. having said that, both u and i can testify that an aode vert needs all the gearing help it can get with the stock 302, so go for the 4.10's, however i think first gear would be useless with the t-5.
BlackVert
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if it was a manual tranny, i'd say 3.73s, but yours is an auto
i think 4.10s would be fine for your auto vert
i think 4.10s would be fine for your auto vert
You brought up two points of concern 
1. I know about this one for sure
AODE has a much lower limiter and its below 6K
2. I don't know about this one
but
I stayed at a Holida ...... sorry
I've seen Don 95Vert say (when he posts
I pay attention 
) you need to have them optimized.
See his threads for shift point details
Grady
1. I know about this one for sure
AODE has a much lower limiter and its below 6K
2. I don't know about this one
but
I stayed at a Holida ...... sorry
I've seen Don 95Vert say (when he posts
I pay attention ) you need to have them optimized. See his threads for shift point details
Grady
drakesdad
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Grady,....I just posed this question to Don last night....or just a few hours ago....looks like I will be making the leap to 4:10's as well......it's either that or swap the tranny............
drakesdad
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I actually am............it's become more of a weekend or stress relief anyway........final5-0 said:Define those words ................ swap the tranny
Your not thinkin about commin over to the dark side (stick trans)
are ya
Grady
Pokageek said:For my 5 speed application, I totally agree with this. I prefer to have a first gear. yea yea....
yea yea....
I plead guilty
but
Not only to me
but
several of my gear head buds who have driven my 95 say ...........
with my 373's ... my first gear is NOT too ...........
short
close
ineffective
or ... what ever word you choose to describe it.
I still say ... its all about your power curve
Does it start to flatten at less than 5k
or
Does it make it all the way to 6K
Steeper gears do not act the same in a Stocker as they do in a modded Stang that has an extended range of power.
Thats my story! ... and ... I'm a stickin to it
Grady
final5-0 said:yea yea....
I plead guilty
but
Not only to me
but
several of my gear head buds who have driven my 95 say ...........
with my 373's ... my first gear is NOT too ...........
short
close
ineffective
or ... what ever word you choose to describe it.
I still say ... its all about your power curve
Does it start to flatten at less than 5k
or
Does it make it all the way to 6K
Steeper gears do not act the same in a Stocker as they do in a modded Stang that has an extended range of power.
Thats my story! ... and ... I'm a stickin to it
Grady
Pulls past 6000RPM and still shifting too early for my preference. Spins big time. So easy off the throttle you say? Then losing ground we are as the full potential is not being used...
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