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Posted by slow&poor (Member # 961) on :
 
I plan on adding some 3.73 gears in a week at rearend specialties. I have a few questions:
1. How much will it cost?
2. How long will it take (with appointment)?
3. Will they install the speedo gear to correct the speedometer?
4. How long is the break in period?

Thanks
 
Posted by bunchmyfunky (Member # 360) on :
 
1. About $600 (There gonna hit you up for bearings.)
2. A couple of hours
3. Nope
4. 500 miles
 
Posted by 98StangPower (Member # 518) on :
 
No break in period for gears if they are done right, they only say "break in" to cover there ass!
 
Posted by Roush2960 (Member # 672) on :
 
Hey slow&poor..I know a set of guys who are new in biz and looking for clients.There are in Milpitas near Great Mall. Gave me a good quote for gears and install. Cheaper then the company you mentioned. There installer for gears work's at a company that only dose gears and this is his side job for weekend's.

PM me and i can tell you the lo down on whats up.

They are:
GNJ Motorsports
1432 S. Main St
Milpitas , CA 95035
408-945-1900

LOL----./Matt

[ August 08, 2002, 09:41 PM: Message edited by: Roush2960 ]
 
Posted by st5150 (Member # 51) on :
 
3. Apex Motorsports is about two blocks away, stop by on your way there and buy the correct speedo gear... rear end specialties will install it for you for free. Thats what I did.
 
Posted by jmir018 (Member # 1414) on :
 
hey ST5150<<--where is rear end specialties located at?? i need someone to seal the leaking of my gear thing....{previous post] the shop that installed them wants to charge me so i rather take it somewhere else where they will hopefully do a good job.
thank you
 
Posted by 95gts (Member # 910) on :
 
I just had my gears installed last week by Rear End Specialties. Great job and quick too...from the time the guy pulled it into the stall and had the keys back to me it was 70 minutes. Yes, they did replace the bearings, but what the hell.. they have the diff. open it's only $90 (cheap insurance) and they don't charge any additional labor. They also replaced the outer two plates in my Traction-Lok, $80 for parts no addt'l labor. I also had them install a new speedo gear, purchased at Apex.
The total was $610.12
There is the "break-in" period that's a PIA, but just take it easy the first couple of hundred miles (no 6k drag launches) and you'll be fine. As soon as my first 500 miles is done I'm going to replace the fluid with synthetic.

Rear End Specialties
1040 DiGiulio Ave
Santa Clara, CA 95050
(408) 988-3619
 
Posted by y2kgt01 (Member # 1257) on :
 
get some 3.90's with me, they are a new ratio, u can be my guiniea pig and tell me how u like them, [Big Grin] i was planning on goin this week, let me know if you want some good
 
Posted by StoplightWarrior (Member # 211) on :
 
Rear end Specialties does good work. They put the 4.10's in my GT, and we're going in next week to get the 3.73's put in the cobra.
 
Posted by unfknblvbl89 (Member # 1522) on :
 
Looks like when it comes time for me to get gears and have them installed I am going to have to head that way. I called and got a quote to get a set installed and they wanted 750 to install. They are out of their damn mind.
 




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