3.90 gears
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2001
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From: Tulsa OK
Originally Posted by C5Generl
wow, $1600 for a gear upgrade is insane.......in my supercharged cobra it's only $500 to upgrade the gears
Welcome to the world of Corvette mods. If the gear upgrade was as cheap in my C5 as it was in my '99 Camaro, it would already have 3.90s. 
Melting Slicks
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From: Davie Florida
Originally Posted by WikdC5
how much are the gear set's by themselves?
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in my supercharged cobra it's only $500 to upgrade the gears
It's not insane. The Corvette is a completely different design - utilizing a rear transaxle. Comparing that to a Mustang is comparing apples to oranges.
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From: Murphy TX
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Originally Posted by jhart1
I am thinking of changing to 3.73 or 3.90s What was the RPM differents and MPG? Have you ran 1/4 yet?
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It is not a Corvette tax. I have thousands of dollars in just setup tools for just the C5/C6 differetials. We sell them for $1295 and it takes at least a day to go from start to finish on one. We replace all bearings, seals, clutches, and of course the ring and pinion. That is 8 hours in just the labor, not to mention the parts. Each clutch pack is over $100 the bearing are 100+ and you guys know what the Ring and Pinion sells for. The reason you cannot compare this to a Mustang besides the obvious is also numbers. There are a million + stangs out there where I don't know half a million get gears so they can sell them cheaper because they sell more. Now the the C5/C6 it is in the hundreds and the tooling for making these has to be spread out over the parts. I think it is pretty simple to understand when you look at it like that.
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Originally Posted by Mitch C
I paid $350.00 for my 3.73 ring and pinion. I then paid $200.00 to install them in a carrier that I had. It then cost me $400.00 to install the carrier in my car, grand total was $950.00.
Last edited by Cajundude; Dec 21, 2004 at 10:50 AM.