Anyone running a FM14 on stock 3.42 gears?
04-18-2005, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by GuitsBoy
The 4.10s have been one of my favorite mods so far, do the gears and you wont regret it.
-Tony
-Tony
i would not TOUCH the 10 bolt with a 20 foot pole unless...
a) it broke, i needed transportation, and diddnt have enough for a 12 bolt/9"
or
b) i actually enjoyed spending money on trying to polish a turd
i broke my 10 bolt w/ 3.08 gears (dont ask, not my fault, installed before i bought it), running 245/50/r16 street tires (cheap ones at that), headers only, and NEVER stepping foot onto a track. broke 8 of the 13 teeth off the pinion.
get the cam, leave the gears, buy a ta cover (so at least you can sell the 10 bolt after you upgrade) for a little support (no pun intended
)maby this way your clutch will last long enough so you can replace it at the same time as your 10 bolt!
Lets hope the 10bolt lasts till winter.
04-18-2005, 09:00 PM
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the stock 10 bolt is not nearly as weak as many make it out to be. I have over 200 track launches on mine with 600 ft lbs of tq.. ya, i have broken the differntial twice, but the stock 3.42's still look good as new.
btw, it would be much better to break the gears, they are cheaper than the differntial! don't worry so much about breaking, use your head and don't do anything to crazy, but most of all, have fun!
btw, it would be much better to break the gears, they are cheaper than the differntial! don't worry so much about breaking, use your head and don't do anything to crazy, but most of all, have fun!
04-19-2005, 01:38 AM
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get 4.10s if u can, but it will be fine on teh 3.42's i know of way to many guys running the f15 and other larger cams on 3.23's or 3.42's with lil or no trouble at all.. im going to run the f14 along with some other stuff in my a4 with 3.23's until i can save up for that part lol
04-19-2005, 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by _HAVOC_
the stock 10 bolt is not nearly as weak as many make it out to be. I have over 200 track launches on mine with 600 ft lbs of tq.. ya, i have broken the differntial twice, but the stock 3.42's still look good as new.
btw, it would be much better to break the gears, they are cheaper than the differntial! don't worry so much about breaking, use your head and don't do anything to crazy, but most of all, have fun!
btw, it would be much better to break the gears, they are cheaper than the differntial! don't worry so much about breaking, use your head and don't do anything to crazy, but most of all, have fun!
04-19-2005, 08:55 AM
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My car will see the track only once in it's lifetime, so I am sure the 10bolt will last and be good as long as I don't do any crazy launches on the street.
