It has come to our attention that there is a rumor out there stating ECS uses used parts when building your gears and we want to clarify that this is not the truth.

Our gears swaps are done while you watch using only NEW parts. All gear sets are cryo treated and micro polished.

We do use your carrier (core), but we feel that it is better to use your carrier which you know the way you treated your car versus getting a recycled carrier (core) from somewhere that you have no idea the way it was treated. It would be faster for us to build a bunch of carriers with different gear sets and then just take them off the shelf when you asked for one, but again we feel that you should know exactly what parts you are getting and by using your carrier you know how you treated your car.

Some of the perceived lower quality comes from the fact that ECS prices are lower than other shops. The reason we are able to keep our prices lower is because we do all of our gear swaps in house. We do not have to pay another shop for the install like some other shops have to. This keeps the price lower which we pass onto our customers. We could easily raise the price to get rid of the perception "you get what you pay for", but we feel as long as we are able to cover our costs than why add an unnecessary Corvette Tax. Of course as prices in the industry increase we will have no choice, but to raise our prices.

As far as quality we have 1000s of gear swaps out in the field. If there was a big issue with quality I am sure that the members of Corvette Forum would know about it, but I have never seen a post stating ECS gears are bad. I am not saying we are perfect and occasionally we do have issues with gears, but we promptly take care of our customers to fix any problems.

As far as reliability I can give you 1 good example - my 4.10 gears were my original mod years back. I had over 50 1/4 mile passes with them and then decided to move over to road racing and electing for a 3.73 gears for my own personal reasons. I sold my carrier with the 4.10 gears to a customer who continues to 1/4 mile to this day without any issues. We all know that 1/4 mile is brutal on cars and if they are withstanding this punishment they will withstand the street punishment on street tires.

I hope this defuncts any of the rumors that have been spreading. If at any time you have a question please feel free to ask us.


ECS Gear Pricing Install New Gears

MN6/MN12 - $1395 for gear swap from 3.42 to 3.73, 3.90. 4.10

A4 with 3.15 gears - $1495 for gear swap from 3.15 to 3.42, 3.73, 3.90, 4.10 (this includes shift point change)

ECS Gear Pricing Installe New Gears and New Carrier

A4 with 2.73 gears - $1795 for gear of your choice (3.15, 3.42, 3.73, 3.90, 4.10) plus replace your current carrier with a new Z06 carrier.

Option

Hardened Output Shaft $295 additional

Bob