Well I have some good news and bad news...
The good news is that I just had 3.55 gears installed this morning. They are exactly what I was looking for. There is a noticeable increase in SOTP feel, but I still have lots of gear for the highway (I drove it about 200 miles home from the shop lol) and top end speed. I plan on a turbo setup someday, so I didn't want a higher ratio. So I guess I'm yet another believer that gears are a must-have mod. I wouldn't go any lower than 3.55s, but they are perfect for me right now.
I was visiting my sister in Adrian, MI for the weekend, so I set up an appointment and Drive Train Specialists in Warren, MI while I was downstate. They advertise in the mustang mags so I thought I'd let them handle the job. I got Ford gears, all new bearings and seals, friction modifier, diff. fluid, and the labor for $600 even. Not exactly a great price, they charged over $200 for the gears and I didn't have time to order them from somewhere else cheaper (spur of the moment decision lol), but the service was great. I waited in the shop while they worked, and the guy at the counter handed me a new copy of 5.0 Mustangs when I sat down. I'd recommend them to anyone that lives near Detroit for service work (just supply your own Ford gears lol). Rear ends are their specialty after all. Now the bad news...
The bad news is that my axles are worn. I won't have money for new axles until next week. Any recommendations for axles other than Ford OEM replacements? Keep in mind I want the same size axle as stock, I dont' want to upgrade to bigger axles.
I think my clutch is going bad also...(see tech section for my post)
The good news is that I just had 3.55 gears installed this morning. They are exactly what I was looking for. There is a noticeable increase in SOTP feel, but I still have lots of gear for the highway (I drove it about 200 miles home from the shop lol) and top end speed. I plan on a turbo setup someday, so I didn't want a higher ratio. So I guess I'm yet another believer that gears are a must-have mod. I wouldn't go any lower than 3.55s, but they are perfect for me right now.
I was visiting my sister in Adrian, MI for the weekend, so I set up an appointment and Drive Train Specialists in Warren, MI while I was downstate. They advertise in the mustang mags so I thought I'd let them handle the job. I got Ford gears, all new bearings and seals, friction modifier, diff. fluid, and the labor for $600 even. Not exactly a great price, they charged over $200 for the gears and I didn't have time to order them from somewhere else cheaper (spur of the moment decision lol), but the service was great. I waited in the shop while they worked, and the guy at the counter handed me a new copy of 5.0 Mustangs when I sat down. I'd recommend them to anyone that lives near Detroit for service work (just supply your own Ford gears lol). Rear ends are their specialty after all. Now the bad news...
The bad news is that my axles are worn. I won't have money for new axles until next week. Any recommendations for axles other than Ford OEM replacements? Keep in mind I want the same size axle as stock, I dont' want to upgrade to bigger axles.
I think my clutch is going bad also...(see tech section for my post)