Oh yeah...4:10's!!!!!
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From: Yorkton Sk
Oh yeah...4:10's!!!!!
Got them put in today and it makes the car feel like it has an extra 50hp! 
It pulls so much harder and puts the DOHC in the revs right now!!! RPM's are about 400 rpm higher at highway speed and gas mileage stayed similar.
kudos to Able Transmission as they did a great job at a reasonable price.
It pulls so much harder and puts the DOHC in the revs right now!!! RPM's are about 400 rpm higher at highway speed and gas mileage stayed similar.kudos to Able Transmission as they did a great job at a reasonable price.
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Awesome and great to hear the mileage stayed about the same. Mileage was one reason I didn`t want to mess with the 88 Cobra.
It`s 2.73 gearing was so sweet on the hiway but not so great in town.
It`s 2.73 gearing was so sweet on the hiway but not so great in town.
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With 4.10 I think your F150 would be very hard on fuel for a work truck.
3.55`s might be better but still you would lose some mileage I would expect and the hiway trips would not be as nice as now.
3.55`s might be better but still you would lose some mileage I would expect and the hiway trips would not be as nice as now.
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Great to hear that you're where you want to be! Having real snap is WAY too much fun!!! 
Hmmmmm, quick change gears......sounds like an idea. Actually, if you've got the money, you can. Gearvendors and US gear both make a bolt-up that goes after your tranny to give you just that. Kinda pricey though. Ballpark-$3000 US I believe. I'd love one on my truck.
Hmmmmm, quick change gears......sounds like an idea. Actually, if you've got the money, you can. Gearvendors and US gear both make a bolt-up that goes after your tranny to give you just that. Kinda pricey though. Ballpark-$3000 US I believe. I'd love one on my truck.
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well...3g's and i'm almost paying for a supercharger!! i think i'm going to look them up though, just to see what they're about.
i think i'm going to look them up though, just to see what they're about.
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The Gearvenders is only an overdrive. What Sherm would want would be an underdrive to lower his gears. Technically the easiest way to get lower gears would to add a transfercase but I would 5.00:1 gear be low enough? 
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Well why not just add a old 3 spped tranny Thats alot easier to shift then a transfer case.
It would be a secound tranny just like the old 20speed semis.
I know it is doable, my dad did it when he was pullping a 20 foot gooseneck and a 2000 gallon water tank with a 1975 Chevrolet (spit) that had a tiny 250 cubic inch motor.
It would be a secound tranny just like the old 20speed semis.
I know it is doable, my dad did it when he was pullping a 20 foot gooseneck and a 2000 gallon water tank with a 1975 Chevrolet (spit) that had a tiny 250 cubic inch motor.
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Before I was born, but I'm assuming there was a two piece driveshaft, then fabricate in a mount. I don't think a secound clutch was needed.
I wasa thinking of doing the opposite thing and use the added tranny reverse so the old output would be a input, so secound gear would be one heck of a OD and since third is just a straight 1:1 ration, it would be just like stock.
But you would have to reverse your gears so they would still turn the correct way since gears can not be driven on their "sides".
I wasa thinking of doing the opposite thing and use the added tranny reverse so the old output would be a input, so secound gear would be one heck of a OD and since third is just a straight 1:1 ration, it would be just like stock.
But you would have to reverse your gears so they would still turn the correct way since gears can not be driven on their "sides".