Should I get 4.10s if I'm not getting DRs?

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jas142

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I've got an automatic 2004 GT. Should I get 4.10s if I'm not going to get Drag radials, or should I just get 3.73s or 3.90s?

 

Ryan02Stang

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Personally I would get 3.73's. If you are not going to get a sticky tire then unless you are one hell of a driver you are going to have a lot of trouble launching.

 

Jackie Chan

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no way, you cant hook up with street tires...impossible(sarcasm)
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When I had 4.10's and stock tires I couldnt floor it off the launch or else I would so sideways. Id spin all the way through 1st then chirp 2nd. Now with my nitto dr's I dont spin AT ALL. I can rev it up to around 1500 then floor it and zero spin. Instead of chirping my tires grip and my car gets thrown forward. I say get the 4.10's then when you get some more money get the nitto dr's, youll love em!

 

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03gtmustang said:

When I had 4.10's and stock tires I couldnt floor it off the launch or else I would so sideways. Id spin all the way through 1st then chirp 2nd. Now with my nitto dr's I dont spin AT ALL. I can rev it up to around 1500 then floor it and zero spin. Instead of chirping my tires grip and my car gets thrown forward. I say get the 4.10's then when you get some more money get the nitto dr's, youll love em!

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Seriously, you arent going to grip traction on a street tire even with 3.73's at the track. When I say "grip traction", I mean perfectly with no tire spin. It will take seriously sticky DR's or slicks to do that. Therefore, get the 4.10's and just save up for the sticky tires.

 

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4.10s brotha. you're going to end up wishing you had got them anyway

 

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4:10's, dude, I just ordered mine 5 minutes ago, and feel alot better now. I also got a slushbox. If you order, go through mustangtuning.com. The dude was cool and very honest, made me feel like I was a king.....I am a king....yes milord.....

 

Slapyo

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go with both, you won't be sorry. get the gears now and save up for the DRs if you have to. will be hard to hook up if you give it a little too much gas and you don't have DRs.

 

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Go to mustang tuning and just get some gears. YOU CAN DOOOOOO IT

 

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I do a different approach....

On the '01 GT, I just put siped Toyos on the Bullitt rims. They hook pretty well and are especially effective on turns. I like the sleeper launch on the '65 so I roll out at around 3,000 RPM and then nail it. Sure surprises lots of folks. I always line up a few feet behind them so they can't hear the Flows all that well. Besides being a little low, the sound is the only hint that it isn't stock. It smokes the tires in each gear (not stock engine and I put in a T5 with a 3.35 1st, and 3:40 posi rear when I did the V8 conversion). If I just nailed it from a stop is would just sit and spin all day. I guess I'd go for tires before gears. But that's just me. Plus you're going to do tires anyway right? Try a step at a time until you are happy with what you have. Kinda fun that way.....

 

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another vote for mustangtuning.com! these guys rock, i ordered some stuff like 2 weeks ago on friday and had it monday! everything was perfect. ill be ordering 4.10's from them soon when I can find a shop that won't completely rape me on install cost.

 

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I have stock tires and love my 4.10's but I dont go to the track.