[QUOTE]Originally posted by S2-Raw
[B]How exciting will this announcement be? I'm thinking about placing my order for the 4.77. Should I wait? Will the announcement make me wanna choose the 4.44 over the 4.77?

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I was thinking more like:

4.77 = $477
4.44 = $444
4.30 = $430
4.10 = $4.10 (there should be plenty of those around if you give the above prices).

Of course my fantasy prices may seem a little high by fantasy standards, but they are for the entire rear end, not just the gear.

Seriously, and I will predicate this by saying that I'm a mechanical novice so I don't know if it can really be done, but would it be possible to send a rear end off to have someone that is an established expert install the new gear ? I know that shipping would be expensive and would probably have to be done via a freight company, but I would feel much better about having someone do a job like this that has done 20 to 30 of them as opposed to someone that has done two or three.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sheister
[B]Seriously, and I will predicate this by saying that I'm a mechanical novice so I don't know if it can really be done, but would it be possible to send a rear end off to have someone that is an established expert install the new gear ?

 

Yep! Two weeks would be fine with me. That's a small price to pay for the assurance that a real expert has done the job.

Question: My car only has 2000 miles on it. Does it have to be broken in to a certain point before the gear is changed?

 

I had my 4.77 gears installed and picked up the car today . What a marvelous change - and I am so glad I went with the 4.77's !! The car reminds me of a tubocharged car I once had ...

The cost of the install was $520.00, I dropped the car off yesterday and it was done today. The work was done at a tried and true speed shop that has been around a long time, and was done by the owner of the shop. So far I could not be happier. Of course, because I have not installed the yellow box yet I really have no idea how fast I am going - and the 100 mph that showed up in a flash is simply not accurate ....

I wish I had paid more attention to the car noises before the install - because now I am listening for gear noise or whine - and am not sure if I am hearing things that were there before or not...

To give you an idea of the gain in driveability - I can now start the car off in 2nd gear if I want to , and I can drive around in 4th gear without lugging at fairly low speeds (again - I am not sure what those speeds are yet).

In conclusion - it is a really great mod and I would not hesitate a second to go ahead and do it !!

 

The above needs repeating..............Marvelous change and glad I went with the .77's too.

The noises should subside a little as time goes on. Though YES I HAVE THEM TOO. I get a resonation hum around 37mph.

Might want to swap out the diff fluid after 1,000 miles to get rid of any shavings running around inside there.

 

Sounds like you are throwing caution to the wind, and ignoring the break-in procedure...

 

Ther installer, Don Paisley, owner of Paisley automotive (see: http://www.battleoftheimports.com/battlera...igpaisley.shtml , http://www.evotuners.com/paisley.htm , and http://www.divisionone.org/terzilla/paisle...ey/paisley.html ) told me that rear end gears do not really have to be broken in.

Still, I have not done any wild starts, and the acceleration has been fairly mild - I actually have not floored it yet !!!

Eliot

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Defender
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Ther installer, Don Paisley, owner of

 

Could you explain that process or provide a link to an explanation. Are you talking about tempering the metal ? I am just thinking that the metal was molten when it was cast - so it was pretty hot then, and we obviously are not going to get it that hot while running it in the car - so what are we doing when we drive gently so as not to get the metal too hot ?