View Poll Results: What gears, if any, should I run?
3.73s
182
66.18%
4.10s
52
18.91%
4.56s
23
8.36%
Keep the stockers!
18
6.55%
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3.73, 4.10 or 4.56 in an A4 daily driver
07-10-2006, 10:58 AM
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I voted 4.10's because it's what I put in my rear, but it really depends on what you really want. If you plan on running street tires, do NOT go for 4.10's... if you've got DR's, then do 4.10's, you won't regret it.
07-29-2006, 10:19 AM
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You guys who say 3.73's are just pu$$ies!!!:p I realize this thread is a little old, so your decision may already be made, but I say 4.10's
. 3.73's can break just as easy as 4.10's in the 10-bolt
. Pretty much any gear can!
Just to let you know, I have had BOTH 3.73's AND 4.10's in my car, so I have experience on this issue. They are both a pretty "extreme" change from 2.73's (I mean, on the highway), but the difference between 3.73's / 4.10's really isn't all that much, and 4.10's will accelerate that much better. For 1/4 mile running, they run you across the line near the top of 3rd gear, and until you start running really fast (well over 110 mph) then as long as you can rev over 6000 RPM, and/or run 27" or 28" tires, then you'll have no problem hitting those speeds with the 4.10's. All I would recommend is that when you launch the car, stall it up a bit before leaving the line to pre-load the drivetrain ... this should help save the gears from the abusive shock as long as possible.
On the street, my car hooked surprisingly well ... no worse than it did with 2.73's in it! My average mileage stayed about the same (I do 50/50 city/highway, but half of my highway driving is stop-and-go ) and normally I get about ~230 miles to a tank of fuel (whatever that works out to be MPG wise ... ~18 - 20 I think??
).
And FWIW, my 4.10's held up just fine until I took the car road racing. Unfortunately the shock of coming off the corners, pinning the throttle, and the transmission downshifting to 2nd gear over and over and over again was just too much for the gears ... 2 teeth sheared off the pinion 
. Otherwise, they held up fine for almost ~2 full seasons of daily driving and 1/4 mile running
.
. 3.73's can break just as easy as 4.10's in the 10-bolt. Pretty much any gear can!Just to let you know, I have had BOTH 3.73's AND 4.10's in my car, so I have experience on this issue. They are both a pretty "extreme" change from 2.73's (I mean, on the highway), but the difference between 3.73's / 4.10's really isn't all that much, and 4.10's will accelerate that much better. For 1/4 mile running, they run you across the line near the top of 3rd gear, and until you start running really fast (well over 110 mph) then as long as you can rev over 6000 RPM, and/or run 27" or 28" tires, then you'll have no problem hitting those speeds with the 4.10's
. All I would recommend is that when you launch the car, stall it up a bit before leaving the line to pre-load the drivetrain ... this should help save the gears from the abusive shock as long as possible.On the street, my car hooked surprisingly well ... no worse than it did with 2.73's in it! My average mileage stayed about the same (I do 50/50 city/highway, but half of my highway driving is stop-and-go
) and normally I get about ~230 miles to a tank of fuel (whatever that works out to be MPG wise ... ~18 - 20 I think?? ).And FWIW, my 4.10's held up just fine until I took the car road racing
. Unfortunately the shock of coming off the corners, pinning the throttle, and the transmission downshifting to 2nd gear over and over and over again was just too much for the gears ... 2 teeth sheared off the pinion . Otherwise, they held up fine for almost ~2 full seasons of daily driving and 1/4 mile running. 
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08-24-2006, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by THE LAST Z
Everybody's different.
You need to go to this site and play around with the numbers:
www.f-body.org/gears
You need to go to this site and play around with the numbers:
www.f-body.org/gears
