Gear Swap

I was thinking about swaping out the punny 3.08 gears in my '95 T-bird to some nice 3.73. What do you think? How will it affect top speed and gas mileage?

ive heard nothing but good about the 3:73.

If it's a daily driver and not much highway driving or speeds above 60, they'll be fine and you'll love the performance. I had 3.55 gears in my first '93 and on the highway at 75mph I was pushing 3000rpm. MPG really goes down the tubes the faster you drive. I loved them except for that.

Im sorry but there is no way you could've been pushing 3,000 rpm with 3.55 in it unless you were running a REALLY short tire. Ill pull about 3,000 in overdrive on the freeway doing right around 100, no joke, and I know it wont affect it THAT much.

I was thinking about swaping out the punny 3.08 gears in my '95 T-bird to some nice 3.73. What do you think? How will it affect top speed and gas mileage?
To take full advantage of 3.73 gears you would need to have the computer reprogrammed (i.e. a chip).

http://i-squad.com/link/link/Mjc4NzgxfDE3OA==

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Im sorry but there is no way you could've been pushing 3,000 rpm with 3.55 in it unless you were running a REALLY short tire. Ill pull about 3,000 in overdrive on the freeway doing right around 100, no joke, and I know it wont affect it THAT much.


235/60R/15's

3:73's & 255/45/18 rear tires.
22.25 miles per gallon

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/Tigerstar/Meet02-19-050002.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/Tigerstar/Meet02-19-050003.jpg

I feel like an idiot. You are correct. I suppose not changing the speedo gear would've lead me to my inaccurate statement.