FORGET what the people tell you. I will tell you right now you need to decide
what you need the gears for? For example...if you want to, or DO go to the track a lot, then I would recommend 4.10s or 4.30s as they will net you the better 1/4 gains. If you only want to go to the track sometimes, or once a year, and do primarily city/street driving, then you still might want to get the 4.10s because they are REDICULOUSLY fun stoplight to stoplight =) and will give you a nice SOTP feel and ''get up and go''.
If you do a lot of highway driving or highway racing (i do not condone highway racing
) then i would recommend going no higher than 3.73, as you will quickly find out going 65 on the highway and then racing someone to 100+ will quickly be over with 4.10s, as you will get blown by with 4.10s going over 100. Now im NOT saying you lose top end with 4.10s, im just saying that you will get passed quicker when you have steeper gears. 3.73 on the highway however will keep you going strong in a highway race. But 3.73 wont keep up with the 4.10s and 4.30s stop light to stop light or in a 1/4 mile run to about 100mph.
So you really have to think about wha tyou do the most and what your application is. Forget the people that say 4.10s or death! because I had 4.10s in my auto 98GT and I barely felt a difference. I would only feel a difference when i lined up to race and noticed i passed the guy easeier then normal. And on the highway in my auto, my top speed dropped from 150 to 120. I'll never do gears in an auto again, but then again, i'll never own an auto again
...but thats besides the point.
So look at what you want to use them for and ignore the 4.10 cult on this forum. For the record I owned 4.10s once, and I NEVER owned 3.73 and im saying this, so my opinion is not biased towards 3.73, in fact its the opposite. I CAN say however that I will put 3.73 in my current GT when I get the money, but I do a LOT of highway driving, so...its all relative
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