Gear Install

[LTb1ow]

I need a place to install some 3.73s in my 95 camaro. Anyone have any good places? and maybe quotes on how much I should expect?

[JSPERFORMANCE]

Labor is around $300 for a full rebuild of the rear diff. Install kit goes for around $100-$150. Gears $200-$220 fluid $25-$30 for the good stuff.

[LTb1ow]

Can you clarify that? I am a tad confused...

[alamantia]

I reccomend AAM gears from New ERA for $190
Motive master install kit for $90
2 quarts regular GL4 lube as you dont want to use synthetic with an auburn posi $15
Posi additive $10
and labor should be around 3 hours
i dont know what they get to recalibrate your speedo though...

[LTb1ow]

Thank you for clearing that up. So figure like 300 for the gears and stuff, and then another 300 for install?

[alamantia]

i would never pay over $500 for everything, talk to JS, he may be able to get you a price for everything parts & labor. Unless you are up north, then I reccomend TTP.

Dont forget to specify what series carrier you have too. Thats important

[LTb1ow]

I don't know what series carrier I have, and I am more central than anything else. So both places are a drive.

[alamantia]

Theres always cartek

Series 2 is for 3.08 and numericaly lower ratio
Series 3 is for 3.23 and numeracly higher ratio

If you are going to 3.73 im going to guess that you have an automatic with 2.73's which would be a series 2 carrier, you must order 3.73's for a 2 series which AAM does not make, your next bet would be motive gears

[LTb1ow]

Thats what I was looking at, cool. Thanks for you help on this!

[JSPERFORMANCE]

and labor should be around 3 hours


You are a little off on your times there. Unless you are just planning on swapping the gears and not replacing all of the bearings and races in the housing and on the carrier..

[LTb1ow]

Well is it a good thing to replace everything you mentioned with a gear swap? The car only has 70k on it.

[JSPERFORMANCE]

I always reccomend replacing all of the bearings while swapping gears. I will do things however you want but remember I can not offer any kind of warranty on a 10 bolt wether it be the complete rebuild or the half assed method. They werent strong enough to handle the power level the car comes stock with let alone something with some grunt..

[LTb1ow]

I was assuming no warranty so no surprise there, however can you make any guarantee against gear whine if the right gears are bought?

[JSPERFORMANCE]

I am not sure about what you are calling the "right" gears. All I can guarantee is that the gears will be installed per the manufacturer's specifications. If the gears are noisy there is really not much I can do about it.

[LTb1ow]

Well I know certain gears have a reputation for being quiet and others are know to be loud. Thats all.

[JSPERFORMANCE]

In my experience just about every aftermarket gear set makes noise to some extent. There are some brands that usually are quieter than others but I have gotten noisy sets from just about every company, its almost like luck of the draw.

[LTb1ow]

Ah ok, well as long as they don't kill themselves, the noise really wouldn't both me. Should I call you to set up an appointment?

[JSPERFORMANCE]

That would probably be best.

[Slow96LT1]

you have a and d rear in brick all they do is rearends it a one man shop i paid 1100 to have my whole rear done with axles, posi , 9" rear ends and some bar and braces to hold it toghter and all the tubes weld and all that good **** i would get gm gears from the dealer that what i got and i have no noise at all

[BonzoHansen]

Take it to Josh. He's the man.

[79CamaroDiva]

I agree, nothing but good things heard about Josh.

[bcgetfresh]

josh installed my 3.73's last year and did a great job. and he has great prices. deffiantly give him a call

[LTb1ow]

As soon as I pay for school thats my next mod to the car. Hopefully get them done before the snow/slush/salt arrives.

[usp55]

Take it to Josh. He's the man.

I agree, nothing but good things heard about Josh.

josh installed my 3.73's last year and did a great job. and he has great prices. deffiantly give him a call

seriously, take it to josh. end of story

Josh if u reading, I'm thinking about 4.10's in the near future, well sometime this winter. Ill be intouch

[JSPERFORMANCE]

Josh if u reading, I'm thinking about 4.10's in the near future, well sometime this winter. Ill be intouch


That poor little rear....

[usp55]

That poor little rear....

Y do say that? I doubt my sub 200hp 3.4 could brake it. I have a really good deal on some 3.73 with install kit but i don't want to have to wonder what 4.10's would have been like. and the only time i have the car on the highway for more than 25 min is to go to your shop. So if it ran around 2500rpm @ 65-70mph and i lost some mpg's so be it. (runs around 2100 with the 42's)

car feels nice, just needs little kick in the ass. I want to put the vigilante converter on there and its made to match the car, gears being involved in that right... so i want the 4.10 before the converter.

[JSPERFORMANCE]

I would do the converter first. The stocker is pulling the engine iout of its power band. You might just get the kick you need from the converter.

[NJSPEEDER]

You already have a little bit of gear in the car, the stall will help the car off the line and give you a big seat of the pants difference. A good stall and a good shift kit is worth as much ET as a set of gears.

When it comes time to do gears, just go all the way with it and do the 4.10's. It will provide even more jump off the line and keep the engine in the power band all the way down the track.