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sabrooks

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What is the break in time for gears. I went with 3:73's because I drive on the highway a lot. I like the quick pick up
 

mcmmotorsports

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By the time you read this, they are already broke in
 
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sixstringthing

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big difference from stock? Slam you back in your seat or just pull a little harder?
 
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Like mcmotorsports said they should be broken in by now. I remember the first day i got my gears in, i couldnt keep my foot out of it. If 3:73's pull this hard i can only imagine what the 4:10's are like
 

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mcmmotorsports said:
By the time you read this, they are already broke in
Click to expand...

W3RD!
 
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chrisbudl1

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4:10's rock!!!!!!!!!
 

Red03Mustang

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I was told by my mechanic to go easy on 'em for about 100 miles. I've read here to go about 300 miles on them.

I am going the 300 just to be safe. I'm almost there! It's been a pain in the butt waiting. It'll be fun to floor it for the first time and see what they are REALLY like.
 

madmatt

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Let a fellow 3.73 weakling in on how it feels. Is it a lot better than stock? Oh, and I dont really intend on breaking them in besides driving around the neighborhood once to get to the main road...
 

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keep it easy for the next 100 miles.
change the fluid after 500-1000 miles
 

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congrats, now lets see how long you keep 'em before you get 4.10s or 4.30s.
 

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Lets see how long you keep those 4.10's with the KB going on...
 

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200-300 miles. Should of just broken them in after in the install.
 

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they do feel different to me . the car pulls harder but now I can only imagine what 4:10's would have felt like. I used my diablo predator to set my speedo when I tried to set it the predator said it would change when i reinstalled my custom tune. I had downloaded a custom tune from RWTD did I erase this tune and put the predator default tune back on? Just curious?
 
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there's a feature call "search"... there you will find wealth of answered questions along with 3000000 threads of them.. well... most of them anyway
 

sabrooks

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CottonBurnerz said:
there's a feature call "search"... there you will find wealth of answered questions along with 3000000 threads of them.. well... most of them anyway
Click to expand...

really there is a feature called search thank you for your knowledge
 
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