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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 08:43 AM
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If I decide to use the 3:73's over the 3:42's which vendor/manufacturer has the best or most reliable setup at the most reasonable price? thanks.
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 08:47 AM
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If I decide to use the 3:73's over the 3:42's which vendor/manufacturer has the best or most reliable setup at the most reasonable price? thanks.
Are you just getting the gears and having Roger set them up for you. Motive gear is what I used, Roger should have access to them and I think I saw a bunch on the shelf at Mike Norris's shop. If you need a housing I have a 2.73 here that you can use Eventually I will need another core though.
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Hey Bob,
I sent ya a PM...Roger and I discussed building the set, but just about as expensive ... not much saving over just buying the completed differential...DTE uses Motive Gears and comes with a written 2yr/24000mile warranty, but I'd have to send them my core to get the 1200 price. Don't know if I can spend that kind of money. I can't decide
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Hey Bob,
I sent ya a PM...Roger and I discussed building the set, but just about as expensive ... not much saving over just buying the completed differential...DTE uses Motive Gears and comes with a written 2yr/24000mile warranty, but I'd have to send them my core to get the 1200 price. Don't know if I can spend that kind of money. I can't decide
I got it
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I looked into this, and would like go the no core Getrag route to keep my original cluster.
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 04:57 PM
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Getrag!! More expensive, but worth it.
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