Toy Time

[Jimmy]

Got my parts in Wednesday
Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter
FRPP 3.73 Gears
03-04 Cobra Foglights and pigtail connectors for them

Have already got the Shifter put in and will have the gears and lights in this saturday

Next on the list is
JLT CAI
Subfram connectors
Springs
New shocks and struts
Full vented and cross drilled brake setup
Cobra Wing
Wheels and tires

[1low03gt]

A nice list of bolt ons! 8-)
One thing,why not 4.10's?

[oxman]

sweeeet! New mods days are always great days! Post some pics once you finish with your installs would love to see it!

[Joey5.4]

A nice list of bolt ons! 8-)
One thing,why not 4.10's?
He probably made a better choice with the 3.73's. After I put the 4.10's in my car I wish I had went with 3.73's at the time. with a stock size tire and a 5spd, 4.10 is to low for a 2v car. mine would run out of breath before the 1/4.

[1low03gt]

Weird,i had 3.73's first,and lasted one summer,then the following i went with 4.10's,and never looked back.
In my opinion i think that 3.73's is really not a big jump from the factory 3.27's in N/A form. :?
4.10's for us 4.6 guys are comparable to the 5.0L guys that run 3.73's.
Here is what was stated in a chart like way in an old mustang 'zine...
5.0L to 4.6L
3.55 = 3.73
3.73 = 4.10
4.10 = 4.30
When i had 3.55's in my ol' 5.0L i wished i went to 3.73's,and the 3.55's in my 5.0L felt more torquier then my 4.6 did with 3.73's!?!?
The only way i would go back to a 3.73,is if i was installing a blower due to the torque off the line reasons lol .... 8-)

[Joey5.4]

they do have a great pull out of the hole, but mine would just run out of breath at 1000ft same for another guy that has a 2000 GT with 4.10's down this way. Now, when I changed my cams out the 4.10's worked out pretty good because I could wind the car up more. but with stock cams I would have had to shift to 5th gear to run 1/4 and and with the bigger cams it was warpped up TIGHT in the 1/4.

[1low03gt]

The tire size out back too will determine what your crossing the traps at.
But really,if your drag that much,then a tire for the track is in order. 8-)
I still feel that for the average guy that is a little of everything for the bang for the buck,4.10's all the way.
Cams two definetly have an up with rpm and gears,as i have expirienced with my cammed GT,which i feel that there is room for 4.30's with these stage II cams from VT.An old friend of mine that use to have a stock '03 GT with minor bolt ons like,4.10's,welded in flows,drop in K&N,and a sct tune ran 13.3's at 101/102 on E.T streets,can't remember the tire size (been many years know)except it was on a 15" rim,crossing the traps in fourth with ease.
The other thing too is that the gearing of the 3650 in the mid '01 to present GT is different then the t 45's,so we up one on the reving out in the rpm issue. ;)

[Joey5.4]

yea, i didnt notice in your sig at first that you have an 03, so yea that is a big difference. and tire so as well, I was running a stock size 245/45 17 which is about a 25.6" tall I beleive. Once I get the 5.4 in the car I am gonna run 275/60 15 drag radials so the 4.10 wont be an issue any more with me.

[Blackout_03]

I love my 4.10's...with the 3.55's I would cross the 1/4 at the top of third.

[MrEman985]

3.90s all the way man, perfect size.

[Jimmy]

I went 3.73 cause at the time I was doing alot of highway driving from russellville to fayetville and didn't want to completly kill my gas mileage, but now that I have had them in for a few weeks, I am regretting buying them, I wish I had went 4.10 and I am running a 275/40/17 out back and with the 3.73 they feel good but I think that the car would do alot better with 4.10's, so possibly some brand new 3.73's for sale soon