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Old March 28th, 2007, 01:59 AM   #1
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4.30 Gear to much gear for street use/daily driver?


Was thinking of swaping to 4.10's from 3.73's to get some more acceleration out of my car well I was looking online for gears and I ran accross a 4.30 FRPP gear on ebay and thought about bidding on it but wasnt sure if it was a good daily driver gear. I sometimes travel on highway but mostly just in town, hell I live 10 mins from work was just curious if this is too much gear. I basically just wanted another opinion. I dont plan on supercharging anytime soon but do plan on getting heads and cams done within the next two months.
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Old March 28th, 2007, 02:02 AM   #2
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u live 10 mins from work? damn thats nice, that gear set shouldn't be too bad if u only have a 10 min drive to work
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Old March 28th, 2007, 02:11 AM   #3
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yeah Its not really even 10mins more like 6-7 thats just how much time I need to walk out my door get in car drive to work get out and go inside . somehow im always late lol.
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yeah, but you don't just go to work and home in your car do ya? If you do then 4.30's can be for you but if you want to see the interstate 4.10's would be the best for ya. I have 4.10's and it's like 2800 rpms at like 80... couldn't imagine 4.30's
 
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yeah thats kinda why I was asking dont want it to be 4,000rpm at 80mph I rarely go on highway because everything I need is right here in town and when we do leave town we take my wifes car due to baby and carseat.
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id just stick with the 4.10s unless its pretty much a track only car
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I'd say 4.30's if you were running a 4v because they can rev higher, but 4.10's will be fine on your car. There's really not that much difference between the 2 any how. But like drgnracin said, if it's a track only car go with the 4.30's.
 
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on highway you might see like a 3 mpg loss... not exactly sure... it wont hurt to bad if you can pay for gas no problem.. because gas is the only thing you really have to worry about.. but jumping from 373 to 4 10 you wont see a huge difference.. not like going from stock to 373.. so 4 30's is good if you dont care to buy gas more often lol... I dont know if this helps
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Originally Posted by 03 R Code
I'd say 4.30's if you were running a 4v because they can rev higher, but 4.10's will be fine on your car. There's really not that much difference between the 2 any how. But like drgnracin said, if it's a track only car go with the 4.30's.
my thoughts exactly... the 4.30s are good for 4v engines because their power is up high in the rpms
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Hey personally if you already have 3.73s dont spend more money for 4.10s. The reason being is that you will feel probably a really small difference and the cost of it would not be worth it.
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Originally Posted by MustangMatt96GT
Hey personally if you already have 3.73s dont spend more money for 4.10s. The reason being is that you will feel probably a really small difference and the cost of it would not be worth it.
+1. i would look at spending that $500 for some other bolt ons that will help you significantly more than the gear change from 3.73 to 4.10.
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