3.73 install done!

[Skinny]

Finally done... only took, what? 5 days??? [img]smile.gif[/img]

Probabaly only 8-10 hours of actual work (not bad for working all by my lonesome, huh?), the rest looking/waiting for parts and tools. Put almost 60 miles on them tonight. I feel like I left it in "3" on the highway! Some whine, not as much as I expected. Not much more than the stock gears whined. I imagine it will quiet down a bit after they get cut in well. Only ran it hard once, right before I got home. Definately registers high on the butt-dyno. My one "pass" from a stop consisted of alot of tirespin so I didn't really got thrown back too much, but can't wait to try it on the drags-n-skinnies.

Anyways, I took some pics while I was working. Got a nice greasy digital camera now.
misc pics

[12secondv6]

REALLY NICE pics!!!
VERY informative.
Hope ya don't mind but I'm relocating it to drivetrain forum.
[img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] Very nice to have dig camera!!!

[XxKeNxX]

Hey man hows it goin? Im seriously thinking of attempting this install (3.73s) was it really hard?...should I just pay to have it done, or attempt to do it myself? well..let me know [img]smile.gif[/img]
keN

[Skinny]

If you can have it installed for around $150-200 then have it done. I spent over $130 on tools to do this, and one of those tools I had to kind of make. Had I bought the proper tool I would have spent near $180 or more.

[Only4U]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Skinny:
...after they get cut in well.<hr></blockquote>

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Skinny:
...registers high on the butt-dyno.<hr></blockquote>

lol, your phrases crack me up man.

anywho, nice work, hope ya like the gears.

[Bliggida]

Did you mic the gears when installing?

[Skinny]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Bliggida:
Did you mic the gears when installing?<hr></blockquote>

Did I what?

[Wicked 3800 V6]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Bliggida:
Did you mic the gears when installing?<hr></blockquote>

You know, put the big ol' studio condensor microphone by the gears ... sing your favorite Wayne Newton ballad ... helps slosh the oil around and take the iron through a hysterisis loop ...
-Rob [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]

[Bliggida]

use a micrometer - mic, or other wise proper tool to measure the gear lash when you installed the gears.

if you didn't, don't expect them to last long.

[Magnus]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Bliggida:
if you didn't, don't expect them to last long.<hr></blockquote>

That's a false statement.

[Wicked 3800 V6]

I thought it was only strength vs. noise, I didn't know it was about long-lasting.
-Rob

[Skinny]

Yes, I used a dial indicator with a magnetic base stand to measure backlash. A perfect .008"