You just mentioned that you put in 3.73 gears. Did you find a big difference between the stock and your up-grade?

Was it worth the $$$$$??


Jim

 

Absolutely, the difference was much more marked that I would have supposed before the switch.

I am almost always in the power band now and it pulls like crazy from any speed up to 100+. There is a slightly different tone to the exhaust at hiway speed, but not unpleasant, just higher rpm's (about +200 rpm at 70).

For the $180 for the gear set and another couple for the installation ,it was a very worthwhile investment.

Here's the good part: I gained a little over 2 tenths on my 1/8 mi et's at Lone Star Raceway last night, just from the gear!

The Wyldman

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That's a big thanks for the info.

Jim

 

Andre (1BADTK) formerly ISA4325 his 373s in his truck also. Says they made the biggest improvement off all his mods. He has everything except NO2.
cigar

 

Since we are speaking of gears, do you need to have your speedo redone in order to use the 3.73, if so can it be without using a chip, and lastly would you recommend this for a daily driver?

 

As the 373 is a Ford option for the Lightning they have a little Rotunda black box that they plug into their computer and then into your truck and it completely reporgrams the speedo and whatever for the 373 rear. Takes about 5 minutes and no they do not have the software to program any rear end except our stock one and the 373.
noelvm

 

Where did you get the gears at, and where did you guys install, i will go to houston for it, im only 1.5 hours away, hehe

 

Call my man Gordon Grimma at Joe Myers ford in Houston. Tell him your a friend of mine and you have an L and you want 373 gears put in which is an authorized Ford upgraded for the L and you expect tha parts to be under 200 and the labor to be about the same (I'm guessing on the labor, parts are around 200) because that's what you've been told others have paid from F150 online. He'll treat you right. If he doesn't let me know and I'll call him.
Noel


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I'll ask GWERKS question again....

Do you drive the 3.73 gears as daily drivers ??

Thanks in advance

Doug

 

Chuck and I drive our trucks everyday, everywhere. Not a problem except on the gas mileage. It does go down a little, as in 10th's. To me the gear is the first modification to be done IF: you want to run 1/8 or 1/4 mile times. If you are into top speeds I would look in a different direction. The truck calls for lower gears when drag racing. They are factory gears listed in the Ford parts book as an option for the 99-00 Lightnings. Any local SVT dealer can reset your speedo to match this gear via your factory PCM.

 

Noel,

Have you had your gears done yet? Are you gonna?

Alex

 

For those w/ 3.73's, what is your 1/4 mile rpm through the traps? Wyldman, were you using the drag radials at the track after you installed the 3.73's? Thanks

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David,

Yessir, I was running the Hoosier DOT slicks. The first pass they hooked great, after that, I was slip sliding away. Still looking for the magic traction genie, but the gears did help some.

Can you join us out at Lone Star this Sunday?

The Wyldman

 

to Wlydman of anybody with the gear change:

I was told by a Ford guy that if I wanted to change the gearing to 3.73 from the standard 3.55, I will have to change the axle too.

Is this right?

 

JohnJr,

No, all we did was replace the ring and pinion gears, no axle changes were necessary.

Wyldman