does anyone have 373s and hate them?feel like they are too short?
373 gears
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No, exactly the opposite for me actually. I have them and love them.
Perfectly suited to the power curve of the car, IMHO. I love my 3.73s :dancenana:
if your at idle in first and just floor it will it just smoke the tires?
I don't think a gearing exists as an option that would prevent that from happening. Even my buddy's automatic will smoke the tires out if you floor it from a stop.
I switched to 3.73's abouth a month ago. Best move i made.
My son has them in his '11 GT......loves them. Stays right with my '08 Shelby GT500, sometimes even wins. the numbers are very close on a stock '08 Shelby GT500 and an '11 GT with the Trak-Pak.
I have them and love them but 1st gear is pretty much useless most of the time.
def love my 373s, wouldn't want anything else. 5th will get you in the 150s mph thats plenty to prove ur point.
144 actually but still, you've definitely made your point. Ordered my car with them, love, love, love them... That plus brembo's best setup ever!
I've had both 3:73 and 4:10's. (and 3:55's now that I'm thinking about it) The 3:73 are by far my favorite. Very drivable. Anything more than that is too much for a street car IMO.
If the motor didnt like to rev it would be to much gear with the 6sp std. I have them and love them.
On a cold day, I can be idling along at a few mph in second gear and floor it. By about 5500 RPM, the tires are spinning. No clutch kicking or power shifting needed. I love the 3.73's, but when I get more power I might drop down to 3.55's. The longer gearing means I can stay in third a little longer on the track. Nothing sucks more than hitting the limiter and knowing there is no reason to upshift since you would need to downshift for the upcoming corner in 20 yards.
146 is where mine stopped on the dyno.
As far as 3.73s being too short, I do shift 1-3-5 during easy driving....works well.
146 is where mine stopped on the dyno.
As far as 3.73s being too short, I do shift 1-3-5 during easy driving....works well.
I often skip shift 1-3-5 when tooling around...
impressed my co-woker when I unintentionally went 1-3 and still broke the tires loose. :banana:
The one I test drove had 3.73s and I loved them. I accidentally went from first to fourth and it still pulled effortlessly, though now that I think about it that was probably the skip shift.
it seems like most are having tractions issues so i dont get why you would move up in gear..unless you were going to roll around on drag radials?
Because it's a lot cheaper and far more effective to learn how to treat the gas pedal as a linear input rather than an on/off switch.
have them, love them. The ONLY downside is trapping in 5th. It just seems like a few .10ths wasted getting it into 5th gear.
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