[tire]

Originally Posted by Hammered

actually they can increase your gas milage due to it taking less from the motor the get your car going...

i'm not trying to intentionally butt heads, but do you have gears? in theory it sounds right but in practice, you'll be lucky to get the same mpg in the city and your hwy mpg gets shot unless you cruise at 45mph like jeff does. >:O

tim... what tranny do you have. typically 5spd guys go with 3.73's due to their very short first gear and the automatics go for 4.10's. i have 4.10's in my 5spd and it's definitely enough gear for the car.

now that there is a 3.8 forum, you can ask q's and i won't dog on ya quite as much, but you'd still be better served from going to a specialty site instead of this one.

[Hammered]

Originally Posted by tire

i'm not trying to intentionally butt heads, but do you have gears? in theory it sounds right but in practice, you'll be lucky to get the same mpg in the city and your hwy mpg gets shot unless you cruise at 45mph like jeff does. >:O

Yes i do have gears and have for sometime, And I'm not refering to switching to 4.10's...If he went to 3.55 or 3.73 he would get better gas milage...It takes less for his V6 to get the car moving...It would only be bad for his gas milage if he runs with his RPM's up high, but that is what 5th gear is for...


P.S. I do have 4.10's...I do drive my car to the Fun Ford Events that I compete in.. Last one was 1200 miles away..and I do have over 120 passes on my car..So I got the pratice..

:woot:

[Nighthawk]

around town the milage will probably go up a tad, but nothing noticible.

on the highway the milage will decrease, thats just a fact.

[tire]

doh, back on topic... and stuff... (or something) :pickle:

[timpryor]

I have an automatic and anyone know what gears i have stock?and i know 4.10's will kill my gas milage especially with my driving style(flooring at every stop sign and green light)

[Nighthawk]

Originally Posted by timpryor

I have an automatic and anyone know what gears i have stock?and i know 4.10's will kill my gas milage especially with my driving style(flooring at every stop sign and green light)

3.27's are stock

[timpryor]

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

3.27's are stock

so what woulld you reccommend on putting gears in when i dont wnat to kill my milage?

[tire]

feel free to make another thread about gears, that being said,
:backontop

[Scottyboy]

Die thread, Die!

[timpryor]

Originally Posted by Stangrrr

Die thread, Die!

yes i agree

[leo95]

best bet would be to go with gears instead of forced induction, only because you have little knowledge, i can't say much because i have little knowledge myself, but am slowing learning a thing or two about forced induction. On what type of gears, after driving a car with 4.10 gears i would go with 3.73 only because driving down the road at 65, 70 mph, the car was running at about 3 grand (4.10 gears). I have heard good things about 3.73 gears and i'm planning on putting some in my car later this week.

[V6Alex]

save up about a grand, look for a used blower, and install it yourself.

cheap and easy.

get gears too.