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Old 09-03-2004, 12:12 PM
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wats up everyone? heres my situation... yah i have 273 gears on my car and i was pritty much set on buying 373 thinking i was going to get much better times.. but after reading through alot of the posts here a lot of people are saying no? not much of a diffrence ? Money is a issue here, i am a student and have only bolt-ons and am not planning on any major modifications to the enigine. So heres my question.. Whats the best single thing i can do to improve times?? Thank you for your help
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wats up everyone? heres my situation... yah i have 273 gears on my car and i was pritty much set on buying 373 thinking i was going to get much better times.. but after reading through alot of the posts here a lot of people are saying no? not much of a diffrence ? Money is a issue here, i am a student and have only bolt-ons and am not planning on any major modifications to the enigine. So heres my question.. Whats the best single thing i can do to improve times?? Thank you for your help
Don't spend the money on gears. A TCI 3000 TC and cooler is only about $450-$500(not including install). That would gain you a lot more than gears for for nearly the same money.
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Mostly everone will recommed a TC. I want to soon,but I put in 3.42s to potentially match it with a better stall. I noticed a difference from 2.73 were they kidding?
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yo thanks for the output fellas but uh where can i buy a TCI 3000 TC and cooler for you say 450-500$ ill look into it myself as soon as i get some time.. but a suggestion would be much help.

Also they wern't kidding, ive read a lot of the posts and people have been complaining about noise and say they've only gained .1 or .2 of a second from upgrading to a 373. not to mention bad on highways and a drop in gas milage. i dunno but thank you
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My gears are dead quite.....good install I guess.
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if you want a faster pick up :quicker launch: change ya gears go 3.7s performance of the mark will change very much to your liking. If your worried about fuel, sorry suggest you buy 4 cly rice.apologies for swearing.
If gears are noisy they,ve been installed wrong or are badly worn.
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if you want a faster pick up :quicker launch: change ya gears go 3.7s performance of the mark will change very much to your liking. If your worried about fuel, sorry suggest you buy 4 cly rice.apologies for swearing.
If gears are noisy they,ve been installed wrong or are badly worn.
So your saying that 373's would be more benificial then say a tc? And no i am not worried about gas milage the least bit..




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