[chrisblais]

i got 3.00 gearing i guess its for top end the guy told me when i bought the car.. my dad told me i should look for 4:11 gears.. i was just wondering what you guys would suggest for gears, and what the difference is?

[brokenhorse]

Hey guy it depends on what u are wanting the horse to do.I would go with your dad's advice..

[STANG II]

Not sure what trans U have, C4 auto or 4 spd, but 411 gears are way stiff for either of the factory transmissions installed in a stock or near stock Mustang II. Unless your engine has been heavily modified your RPM's will be too high for the stock 302. Expect rpms at 60-65 to be in the mid to upper 4000 rpm range making the car totally unstreetable except in the 20-45 mph. range
What are you going for here?

[chrisblais]

i got a 5 speed t5 tranny from an 83 tbird and the 302 has been modified its bored out over .60, edelbrock cam and intake 4 barrel carb, heddman headers flowmaster h pipe, 8 inch rear end
i want it to be fast but quick too

[74stang2togo]

3.55:1 gears would be a REALLY good compromise between wanting acceleration and wanting streetability, especially with the T5 tranny.

The best change I made to my fox-body was ditching the stock 2.73 gears (and you think 3.00s are bad!) for 3.55s. I picked up about 1000rpm on the highway in overdrive, but the difference in acceleration was WELL worth the whopping 1mpg I gave up on the freeway.

Depending on tire size and your engine combination, you could even go up to 3.73:1 gears, but it's going to be something you're going to have to decide. Check your local parts store to see if they have the books by Sam Reid on building High Performance Ford Small-blocks and how to rebuild Ford small-blocks, he actually puts all the engine and gear math in the back of them. If you know what you want to do, and are honest with the numbers you plug into those formulas, you'll figure out what gears you'll be best off with.

I've got 4.56:1 gears in my old Chevrolet pickup... they're fantastic around town, I'm at 40mph (speed limit on most streets in town here) in 2 seconds flat without ever hitting 2000rpm (tranny shifts straight to 3rd in that time), and they're even better in the 1/8 mile when I blow some unsuspecting kid in his riceburner, F-body, Mustang, or BMW away on the street. But they absolutely suck on the highway, 5500rpm at 70 miles per hour... right below the redline of 6000... I seriously get 4mpg on the highway with it because all four barrels on the carburetor are WIDE open. If I had overdrive things would be a little better, but not by much. I'm going to be swapping gears out in the poor old thing REAL soon.

[chrisblais]

haha thats funny. thanks for all the info aswel