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Originally Posted by Cobra4B
^ I know all year I've had my front bar on the stiffer setting and no rear bar. I'm going to do the new springs and fresh shocks and put the rear bar in a middle setting to go w/ the front bar on stiff, see what happens and adjust from there.
I was wondering how the gearing would work out w/ more power in the car. I guess 5th is still a slug? How much is a TKO 600? What's the current ring/pinion gearing in these cars stock?
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Stock gearing is 5.50. And 5th is still a slug with 385 RWHP. The car would not accelerate after the shift up to 5th. The TKO from Summit was $1900 or so. It bolted in with no problem except that the input shaft is 26 spline instead of the normal Ford 10 spline. I had to replace the clutch. The TKO is also good for 600 ft-lbs of torque so it should be plenty good for just about whatever you put in the car. The original 3550 is only good to 350 ft-lbs, so it is very marginal for a anything over 350 hp.