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Title: Finall swapped the rear!
Post by: 87badbird2613 on May 22, 2006, 09:50:20 PM
i finally after almost a year i swapped my 8.8 with 3.73 gears and disc brakes w/ green stuff pads!  holy cow it stops better and goes better!!!  i went from a 2.73 to a 3.73!  wooo-hoo  ill try to post som pics asap!
Title: Finall swapped the rear!
Post by: Funky Cricket on May 23, 2006, 11:12:35 AM
, that things has to feel like it flies now!

(did you recalibrate your speedo?)
Title: Finall swapped the rear!
Post by: Bane on May 23, 2006, 02:04:07 PM
congrats! any pictures? I need to swap out my py 2:73s now...
Title: Finall swapped the rear!
Post by: 83Heritage on May 23, 2006, 03:47:44 PM
After a little over a year, I just did the same exact thing over the weekend. Minus the green stuff pads. Took about 20 hours total.
Title: Finall swapped the rear!
Post by: Bird351 on May 23, 2006, 04:35:51 PM
Plan on doing any mileage estimates post-swap?
Title: Finall swapped the rear!
Post by: 87badbird2613 on May 23, 2006, 07:47:10 PM
Quote from: 83Heritage
After a little over a year, I just did the same exact thing over the weekend. Minus the green stuff pads. Took about 20 hours total.

 wow  really it took me all of about 9 hours on the ground at my house!
Title: Finall swapped the rear!
Post by: 87badbird2613 on May 23, 2006, 07:47:48 PM
Quote from: Bane
congrats! any pictures? I need to swap out my py 2:73s now...

ill post pics in a day or 2
Title: Finall swapped the rear!
Post by: 87badbird2613 on May 23, 2006, 07:48:35 PM
Quote from: Funky Cricket
, that things has to feel like it flies now!

(did you recalibrate your speedo?)

yes because i have cyberdyne digital guages i did it as soon as i was done!
Title: Finall swapped the rear!
Post by: thunderjet302 on May 24, 2006, 12:12:49 AM
I went from 2.73s to 3.73s in mine and I could tell a BIG difference in how the car felt. My gas mileage went down about 3 mpg or so but that could be attributed to me jaming on the gas more because the car has much better pick up.