4:10's Finally in baby! YEAH!
 

HELL YAH!

I love em!

Had kinda a messed up experience getting them though.

I go to the performance shop on monday, they install the gears and i pick the car up. Well, my bro is in town with his wife and my nephew so from the shot i head down to my folks place, about 30 mile drive. The car felt different, but not as much of a change as i expected.

I go inside, my bro wants to check out my car, so we go out and much to my dismay after drivign 30 miles and being parked for 10 minuits, there is a puddle of oil by my passenger rear tire. I checked the wheel well, YUP, oil splattered all over the wheel well. They managed to F up the seal on the axle. I was leaking oil like crazy, there were 3-4 tablespoons worth of oil on the ground.

So i go back to the place tuesday morning., they check out the car and tell me the seal is busted, but they couldnt do anything about it that day. They also said it had nothing to do with the installation of the gears. Uhh... YAH RIGHT ASS WIPE.
So we plan on saturday, then later on i remembered i had a date on saturday with this real cute girl, so today i call them up first thing in the am, i bring the car in and sit there for an hour and a half while they fix it.

The mechanic said there was a piece of metal that got stuck in the seal which caused a small opening which is why it was draining like crazy. They got that fixed, cleaned up the car, and took it for a quick drive and gave it back. The mechanic was cool, even though the service manager said it wasnt thier install job, tyhe mechanic apoligized for the inconvienience, i wasnt charged, and was sent on my way.

Now, it sucks they messed it up in the first place, but they DID fix it for free in a pretty timely manor. So im ok with that.

Got in the car and punched it, HOLY CRAP! There are the 4:10's!!!!!!!
Something about that leak was just bogging the car down. once they got that fixed all of the sudden the car has a nice new sack with some big old balls <laugh>

Im digging the 4:10's!

IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE YOUR GEARS, THEN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Im LOVING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I wish I had done gears when I first got my car but since I havnt yet Im going with 4.30s. I think this is the best and first thing everyone should do.

getting mine in on the 5th :punk: with a tranny cooler too. if the gear oil and tranny cooler ever get here.

Hey thats great brother!!! I am going to put 4:10 in mine, but I was wondering if I spray her will I just spin to much or should I say the hell with it and throw in some 4:10s anyway!!!!!!!!! Do you spin much>?? Because When Trac Control is on the Car is no fun!!!!!!!! I like to just punch it and leave about 50ft of burnt rubber marks!!!!!!!! Cheers brother!!!!!! I'm gonna do it and have some fun at the track!!!! :beerchug:

I got 4.10 with a supercharger and I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bout time you put some performance in that slow ass car. haha

Bout damn time :)

Yea 4:10's are ALOT of fun.

Yah? Well i put some performance in yer MOM last night.

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Yah i dig the gears. Im gettin there with performance. Got the intake, exhaust, tuner, gears, and springs.

Next will be the plenum/throttlebody

Loving my 4.10's as well!!!! :beerchug:


Congrats on a good mod choice amigo!!

Hey i was wondering if i would feel about the same if i got 3.90's or 3.73's in my 96 stang gt. the thing is i ahve to drive it all the way down to florida from nj and i was told my a mechanic that if i get 4.10 i will be running the rpm's way too high in 5th and it will be hurting the car. please let me know what you think about this thank

lol, it doesn't hurt the car.. but it will hurt your wallet cuz you'll use a bit more in gas.

Tell me about it, I use about a quarter of a tank everyday with the occassion goosing of the throttle.:innocent:

I have enough trouble getting the tires to bite with stock gears. I can't imagine doing it with 4.10's. I know UPA's & LCA's would help a lot with that. I just haven't heard any input on how they make the car handle overall. I want to maintain the curve carving abilities of the car. I don't want to trade that for straight line acceleration.

I believe I will too...i hope it will match my blower perfectly...i may look into 3.73's, but 4.10's seem to be too nice to shy away from

thats what ya get for lettin someone else work on yer car...

gears are an easy project... much easier than a clutch swap...

Yah, diddnt look too difficult, but i really dont know much about the shim tolerances and stuff so i was reccommended to have it done at a shop.

1. lift rear
2. jack stands under rear
3. remove rear cover and let oil drain\
4. pull the small bolt out that holds a really big pin in
5. remove c' clamps that hold axel in
6.pull axels out (just enuff)
7. remove carrier bearing caps (remember how they came off)
8. the dif should pull right out, and if ya cant figure out the rest then you suck at life.

the only thing ya really need to know is what to torque everything down to...

well.... MAYBE WE CANT ALL BE AS FU(KING COOL AS YOU GREG? HUH???
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well yeh... i guess so...

there is nothing ya cant do on cars nowadays... workin on em is fun... its nice pullin out the welder and puttin new panels on and such...

the only thing i cant reckon is these damn computers... i think my computer might have a virus... i think i'm gonna have to go carbs:shifty:

I got 3.73 about a year ago and love them. I would have went with 4.10's but its got too many miles. maybe after a new engine,hopefully in a couple years.

So mileage affects wheither you should or shouldn't get 4:10s?

Stands to reason,the higher the gear the harder on the engine. Even just during normal driving. I went from 1600RPM at 60 to 2200 RPM at 60 with the 3.73's. It had 94000 on it when the gears was put in.

With the type of driving i do with the car I think i would have even more fun with the 4.30s than my 4.10s.