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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 08:36 PM
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Default Are Strange gears worth the extra $$ ?

Stepping up from a lowly 2.73 gear to 3.73 in a couple weeks. Are the Strange gears any better than Motives? What's the difference? Worth the extra $35?
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 08:54 PM
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From personal experience only the Strange 4.10's I installed 8000 miles ago have been quiet and strip/street worthy so far <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 09:08 PM
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strange gears are known to be noisey
motives are known to be quiet <img border="0" alt="[driving]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_driving3.gif" />
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Old Jan 1, 2003 | 08:41 AM
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Actually I had both Strange and Motive. The Motives progressively got noisier with each pass, the Strange gears had a little whine, not untollerable. I spent the extra cash and got the Origional GM Gear Set. Dead quiet now...
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Old Jan 1, 2003 | 09:04 AM
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I've got the Motive performance gears, there are two motives: the ones in the red/blue box & the Performance gears in the red/yellow box. Mine have been quite from day one and I've put ~5000mi on them. Gear noise has alot to do with who installs them. Find a person that you fell will take the time to set it up several times to make sure it's correct. It may cost $50 more for a good installer but you will be much happier. I paid $250. I had a hard time finding the Performance gears, I ended up getting them from Speed Inc. I noticed Thunder had them on special the other day for ~$175. Good Luck
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