The Ford Barn - View Single Post - Final Drive ratio, will a 3.25/1 be too steep ??

Bored&Stroked · 03-12-2024, 07:06 PM

I do like the .80 OD gear set - have installed it in the Cobra-Z version of the T5 (Ford motorsports transmission with the 2.95 gear set). We have that transmission on a road-race Fox Body - with a 3.73 rear. We spin the 331 to 6500+ and still it takes a long track to be able to use the OD at all.

03-12-2024, 07:06 PM	#16
Bored&Stroked Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 5,110	Re: Final Drive ratio, will a 3.25/1 be too steep ?? I do like the .80 OD gear set - have installed it in the Cobra-Z version of the T5 (Ford motorsports transmission with the 2.95 gear set). We have that transmission on a road-race Fox Body - with a 3.73 rear. We spin the 331 to 6500+ and still it takes a long track to be able to use the OD at all.