Test drove a 5.0 Today

I want a Z

What's the difference between all the gear ratios offered
Also how many choices are there from ford?

m4a1mustang

3.31 is the stock gear.

3.55 and 3.73 are the options.

The 3.73 cars are going to accelerate the quickest but will have lower highway mpgs than the 3.55 or 3.31.

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shadoquad

Real sports cars trade high mpg's for high mph's. Good choice on 3.73, Steve.0

m4a1mustang

Some people say the 3.73 is too much gear, but right now, it's perfect. I suspect with FI I would want to dial it back to a 3.55, but N/A 3.73 is nice. If this was a drag-only car I'd think about a 4.10 or 4.30.

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Red370

I think the 3.55's are the perfect medium of acceleration and fuel economy IMHO, I just drove 550 miles to El Paso, TX from Lawton, OK, heres how I did:

23.6 mpg halfways through the trip, it actually went up to 24.5 overall average when I arrived in El Paso.



And if you look at the trip, I set that at fill up, so at 200 miles, she drank half a tank.



not too shabby if I may say so myself.

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I want a Z

Does ride quality or anything else besides MPG suffer?

m4a1mustang

No, the gear ratio isn't going to have any impact on ride quality.

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Nitex

Unless you consider shifting more a lesser ride quality

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