I currently have 4.10 gear 8.8" rear end that has performance axles and c-clip eliminators. I am also running a 97 V6 with nitrous.
The v6 guys never talk about the actual numbers behind why x-gear works better for x-reason with x-setup. I went through the 8 pages of gear threads and my answer is still not solved.
Here is what i am doing. I am swapping in a 2000+ mustang GT engine that will eventually be turbo'd. I see in all the threads people talking about 4.10s N/A and 3.73s with FI. But, my other option at the moment is to switch to a stock 95 cobra rear end with 3.27 gear. Why is a 4.10 gear a power adder soo bad? Is the rpm range not good enough to build sufficient levels of boost or what? Does it move through the power band too quickly? I just really need to know if getting rid of my good rear end for a crappier rear end will actually be better in the end.
I really don't want to do a gear swap either as that is generally more expensive then just selling my rear end and buying a new one.
The v6 guys never talk about the actual numbers behind why x-gear works better for x-reason with x-setup. I went through the 8 pages of gear threads and my answer is still not solved.
Here is what i am doing. I am swapping in a 2000+ mustang GT engine that will eventually be turbo'd. I see in all the threads people talking about 4.10s N/A and 3.73s with FI. But, my other option at the moment is to switch to a stock 95 cobra rear end with 3.27 gear. Why is a 4.10 gear a power adder soo bad? Is the rpm range not good enough to build sufficient levels of boost or what? Does it move through the power band too quickly? I just really need to know if getting rid of my good rear end for a crappier rear end will actually be better in the end.
I really don't want to do a gear swap either as that is generally more expensive then just selling my rear end and buying a new one.