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Ernad

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I have a 2004 Stang and am wanting to do gears. But I can't decide on which. The car is a manual, and I don't know if I should go with 3.73s or 4.10s. Any suggestions?
 

sgarlic

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Do a search please.. there are hundreds of threads about this subject. Even scrolling down a little bit will lead you to a huge debate which has been going on for a few days.
 

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I just put 4.10's in my car.. and they're freaking awesome I wouldn't go with anything less.. so I recommend 4.10s and up!
 

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If you do a lot of highway driving, go with the 3.73's, if you seldom do any highway driving, then go with the 4.10's
 

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what do you plan power wise to end up with. are you going to stay na or do fi
 
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CanadaStang said:
If you do a lot of highway driving, go with the 3.73's, if you seldom do any highway driving, then go with the 4.10's
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I drive 80 miles a day, all highway on my car, it has 115k miles on stock longblock and gets 21-22 mpg highway.

all this and my non-headswapped car would most likely beat you at the track (as long as you aren't spraying )
 
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4.10s
 

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Love 4.10's in my 04 if I was staying NA I would go 4.30's, with the od ratio in the 3650 it makes a bigger gear livable.
Now if you cann't decide between the 2 get some 3.90's.
 

Ernad

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Thanks everyone though
 

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We just covered this topic...

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=563484
 

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Joel's98GT said:
I drive 80 miles a day, all highway on my car, it has 115k miles on stock longblock and gets 21-22 mpg highway.

all this and my non-headswapped car would most likely beat you at the track (as long as you aren't spraying )
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I'm not saying that you can't do a lot of highway driving with 4.10's it's just that if you do, your adding a lot of extra engine wear, kinda like me driving in 4th gear [ well, not quite] I'm getting 24-25 mpg [30-31 imperial gallon] with the stock 3.27's,

I'm not sure if you'd beat me now or not, I picked up a set of 555R's, but I've never tried them when I wasn't spraying.
Your best corrected:....................13.52@99.97
My best corrected w/street tires:...13.71@102.85 [2.11 60ft]
but wether I could beat you now or not, your times with that non-pi Stang of yours are very impressive
 

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3.08s
 

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BooWFO said:
Love 4.10's in my 04 if I was staying NA I would go 4.30's, with the od ratio in the 3650 it makes a bigger gear livable.
Now if you cann't decide between the 2 get some 3.90's.
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^^^^^
 

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I have 4.30s in my GT and I love them. And I do a ton of highway driving. Revving a couple hundred RPMs higher is *not* causing "a lot of extra engine wear". If it is, then the 4.6 is a POS and needs to be replaced with something decent.
 

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Will it never end!!?!?!?
 

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merc123 said:
We just covered this topic...

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=563484
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^^^^^
 

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2.73s so you can hit the 200mph mark like the other guy on here.
 

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shiftless said:
I have 4.30s in my GT and I love them. And I do a ton of highway driving. Revving a couple hundred RPMs higher is *not* causing "a lot of extra engine wear". If it is, then the 4.6 is a POS and needs to be replaced with something decent.
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Ok just for kicks, please explain to me why an engine spinning at 3930rpms [rpms at 70mph with 4.30's] would not have any extra wear than an engine spinning at 2950rpms [rpm's at 70mph with 3.27's] after, say, 100,000 highway miles.
 

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This thread is a joke everyone calm down
 

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CanadaStang said:
Ok just for kicks, please explain to me why an engine spinning at 3930rpms [rpms at 70mph with 4.30's] would not have any extra wear than an engine spinning at 2950rpms [rpm's at 70mph with 3.27's] after, say, 100,000 highway miles.
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Go here: http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=563484

This was already hashed over ad nauseum
 
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