I hear you DennyT. That taller gear just makes a Mustang so sluggish where as 3.73 feels like a nice compromise. 4.10s or 4.30s would go in if I wanted all out performance. I don't take it to the track at all. Its my daily driven car.
I keep them at about 36-38psi all around.
Ive thought about getting a little sipper to mod the crap out of. But I added up the cost of the car, the insurance, the gas id need to fuel it, repair costs and maintenance cost and I figured it would take a long long time for me to spend that money through the tank of my Mustang. Thats even with a $500 early 90s Metro. And I think thats where some people are fooling themselves. They never calculate the expense of the purchased vehicle and all its cost. Then figure out how long it would take in gas money, in the inefficient vehicle, to equal that car and all its costs. Its going to take a long time to spend $1000 in gas money for my Mustang. And thats why I haven't done it. BUT there is always the option of getting rid of the Stang and getting the gas sipper type car. Then id be way ahead. Sell the Stang for $9k get a car for $500-1k and be getting double my mileage plus cheaper insurance and cheaper replacement parts. But id be sad because i love my V8 fun car.
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2000 Mustang GT
273hp/ 309ft.lbs.
Cd 0.36 Im working on it
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