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04stangGT 09-20-2006 02:23 PM

Installing 3.73s
 
I want to install 3.73s in my '04 GT. Right now I have the 3.55s. Problem is, I'm not completely sure how to install it. Anybody on here have any guides or can point me in the right direction to find out how to install them.

03gtmustang 09-20-2006 02:52 PM

I wouldnt do this yourself unless you have someone whose done it numerous times doing it with you. Shops screw it up all the time.

BTW, this belongs in Gen Tech, not Mod Tech.

csledd 09-20-2006 02:58 PM

yup.. don't do it yourself. this isn't like installing a cold air intake or something like that. you have to be exactly right when its done.

Lances03SVT 09-20-2006 04:27 PM

Listen to them.And there is not much of a difference between 3:55's and 3:73's.

Saleen S330 09-20-2006 05:38 PM

all true, it's not cake unless you've done it several times. you'll have to bite the bullet and pay to get it done, by someone that's done gears several times. someone that's done it once or not at all, screws them up. 3.55 to 3.73 will be minimal difference in feeling it. they say .18 and more, you can feel the difference, i would go atleast with a 3.90 gear, or 4.10's.

B-rett 09-20-2006 05:44 PM

personally i dont think its worth it at all to do that swap

Boon44 09-20-2006 06:33 PM

Send em back and get 4.10s......:nunu:

04stangGT 09-21-2006 12:13 PM

well i know for a fact if i get the 3.73's it'll shade off at least a second on the quarter mile and it'll get up there quicker like if im on the expressway and what not than my 3.55. My cousin has done these swaps a lot but he just being lazy and keeps telling me he'll do it later and later and later. 4.10's would be good yes but at the same time it'll waste a lot more gas

blownstang 09-21-2006 08:54 PM


Originally Posted by 04stangGT
well i know for a fact if i get the 3.73's it'll shade off at least a second on the quarter mile and it'll get up there quicker like if im on the expressway and what not than my 3.55. My cousin has done these swaps a lot but he just being lazy and keeps telling me he'll do it later and later and later. 4.10's would be good yes but at the same time it'll waste a lot more gas

There's no way you will loose a second in the quarter mile by going from a 3.55 to 3.73! Maybe .10 of a second. You don't even shade off a second going from 3.27's to 4.10's. Maybe .5 of a second if you are a really good driver. Are you sure your car has 3.55's and not the stock 3.27's? If I were you I would consider 3.90's or 4.10's. It is not worth going from 3.55 to 3.73.

eventer289 09-21-2006 10:02 PM


Originally Posted by 04stangGT
well i know for a fact if i get the 3.73's it'll shade off at least a second on the quarter mile and it'll get up there quicker like if im on the expressway and what not than my 3.55. My cousin has done these swaps a lot but he just being lazy and keeps telling me he'll do it later and later and later. 4.10's would be good yes but at the same time it'll waste a lot more gas

Believe it or not, My milage has gone up with my 4.10's :wtf:

stanger00 09-21-2006 11:22 PM

my car was running a 13.6 with 3.27's and once i put the 3.73s in i hit a 13.4 once but was consistant with 13.5 on street tires.

get 4.10's and pay someone to do it.

The Interceptor 09-22-2006 12:05 AM


Originally Posted by eventer289
Believe it or not, My milage has gone up with my 4.10's :wtf:

Same, unless I really d*ck around on it! Plus the feeling you get when you mash on the throttle is far better with the 4.10s. Spins from 2nd to 3rd when I punch it (and that is with 315s in the rear)! :flameON:

Lances03SVT 09-22-2006 03:19 AM


Originally Posted by blownstang
There's no way you will loose a second in the quarter mile by going from a 3.55 to 3.73! Maybe .10 of a second. You don't even shade off a second going from 3.27's to 4.10's. Maybe .5 of a second if you are a really good driver. Are you sure your car has 3.55's and not the stock 3.27's? If I were you I would consider 3.90's or 4.10's. It is not worth going from 3.55 to 3.73.

Exactly.If it's stock it has 3:27's and no way will you knock a second off your time.


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