fabre80

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Today i received my 3.5FD from a manual Z by mail!!! Here is a picture from it, i bought this from an Ebay auction for 200 bucks!!! its out of a 05 same year as my car complete with VLSD and all!! Now all am missing is the 3.7FD gears that will be going in there next month.

Vertigo42

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where are you getting the 3.7 gears from?, and the pic is a hair blurry.

vthao

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Why not go 3.9's? My 4.08's are GREAT!

fabre80

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I want streetability man, 4.0 gears are a bit too much for me right now. The 3.7 FD setup can be bought at Z1 from Adam. I have a 5at so 3.7 will feel like a brand new car.

GeauxLadyZ

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3.9 is the way to go if your an automatic, and 4.08 is the way to go if your manual.

Either way great find!! I am planning the same thing for mine within next few months...damn good to know i can possibly get the manual pumpkin for cheap!!

aloh

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I wonder if going from a 3.3 to only a 3.5 would provide any noticable difference in acceleration for the AT.

GeauxLadyZ

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I see your point.

Ive heard from those with 3.9 in their auto's that its VERY streetable, your in no way peeling out everywhere and burning through 1-2-3 while normal driving. But when you let on it, you BURN through the first 3 in no time.

GeauxLadyZ

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Very noticable.

3.5 for us would be same as 3.7 for manual. A noticable difference, but you can do better.

BoostedProbe

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I just picked one up as well, but my is a 3.3. Turbo 6spd with open dif. FTL. The 3.3 VLSD should be nice.

GeauxLadyZ

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^ ya boosted want the lower gears for more power between gears, correct?

aloh

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the longer FD would be great for cars with FI so they have more revs to play around with.

Ive thought about the idea of getting a used MT diff with 3.5 gears and VLSD and just replace the 3.3 in mine, but i dont know how big of a difference it'll make. Ideally id go for the 3.9, but thats quite a bit of money to spend with obtaining a 3.5 MT pumpkin and properly installing the 3.9 gears PLUS reinstalling the new pumpkin.

Another thing is that I do alot of highway miles. I feel that my MPG will suffer quite a bit if i go with something like the 3.9 FD

TheFarmer

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Let us know how it goes, I bet you're excited

fabre80

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Yes I am!! I wanted to do the 3.5 FD swap next week but i will wait and see if i make up my mind for the 3.7 or maybe even the 3.9? I really want to improve the gearing because it just feels a bit sluggish with the 3.3FD. The AT tranny could handle a bit more grunt plus i have the Transgo Kit installed so it would be a world of difference!!

gabe3d

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Good luck on this. I say install it now and see how you like it!! If you are somewhat mechanically inclined then it's pretty easy to remove, but heavy. Just make sure you have a jack with a nice big platform so you can use as a platform.

fabre80

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Am going to have a shop install it Gabe, do you think i should just install the 3.5fd for now and then do the gears later??? I was looking into the swap but man is a bit pricey right now.

03threefiftyz

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Not if you intend to have a shop do it..........save yourself the extra expense and replace the gears all at once.

fabre80

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I got my car tuned today with Osiris!! I was talking to the tuner and he suggested to go 3.9FD as well. He said that it would make the Tranny wayyyyy faster and better.

03threefiftyz

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Your tuner is correct......

GeauxLadyZ

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Yup.

T_K

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General rule of thumb is a 5% reduction in gearing, will net 1% more acceleration.

Terry