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95GTS · 09-29-2000, 06:07 PM

Get your 3.73s from Diversified Marketing. They have an add in the MM&FF mag. $149. How many miles are on your car?. Just shop around for shops that do this work. I just looked in the yellow pages under auto racing as well as auto repair shops. Also transmission shops. Call some of the local Ford dealers around and ask how much they'll charge to do it. You'll also need to get a new pinion seal and new shims. A new crush sleeve should come with the new gears and pinion nut. Don't buy used gear. They will whine. I've been there/done that. Depending on how many miles are on the car you will probably want to pick up a new pinion cone bearing as well. Also get your 3 quarts of gear oil (80W 90 is what Ford recommends) (it actually takes a little over 2 quarts) as well as a bottle of friction modifier (alot cheaper at like Oreillys or someplace rather than Ford's friction modifier) for the positrac. I got mine installed for $200 at a speed shop here. Total after I bought everything and after installation was about $400. Well worth it. If you supply all the parts Ford does it for about $200. At least the one here that I talked to did and all dealerships are supposed to go by a book that already has the prices that they are supposed to charge and man hours per particular job that Ford has. The air silencer is a rubber, snorkel looking thing that fits on to the air intake box in which the filter is housed. The air silencer's "snorkel" looking part fits thru a large hole in the fender. Like as if you are changing the air filter, undo the clasp on the air box as well as take out the bolt that holds the box to the fender (8mm wrench or socket) and completely remove the air box. Then just grab hold of the rubber snorkel and yank it off. Then re-install filter and housing (make sure the two rubber deals under the air box are fitting back down into their holes). Wahlah!! Especially with the K&N you can hear the air being sucked in thru the filter, even with the hood closed. Now at first you'll notice kind of a hissing/air sound in the vents when you accelerate. That was the main purpose of the "air silencer". To get rid of that noise. You get used to it real quick. I don't even notice it anymore. Have fun!

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FOR SALE: 1996 Mustang GTS: 5-speed, K&N, removed air silencer, 3.73s, turndowns after stock H-pipe (no mufflers), 16 inch Mustang GT wheels; 46,400 miles. $11,500

[This message has been edited by 96GTS (edited 09-29-2000).]

09-29-2000, 06:07 PM	#12
95GTS Git jiggy Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: MO USA Posts: 865	Get your 3.73s from Diversified Marketing. They have an add in the MM&FF mag. $149. How many miles are on your car?. Just shop around for shops that do this work. I just looked in the yellow pages under auto racing as well as auto repair shops. Also transmission shops. Call some of the local Ford dealers around and ask how much they'll charge to do it. You'll also need to get a new pinion seal and new shims. A new crush sleeve should come with the new gears and pinion nut. Don't buy used gear. They will whine. I've been there/done that. Depending on how many miles are on the car you will probably want to pick up a new pinion cone bearing as well. Also get your 3 quarts of gear oil (80W 90 is what Ford recommends) (it actually takes a little over 2 quarts) as well as a bottle of friction modifier (alot cheaper at like Oreillys or someplace rather than Ford's friction modifier) for the positrac. I got mine installed for $200 at a speed shop here. Total after I bought everything and after installation was about $400. Well worth it. If you supply all the parts Ford does it for about $200. At least the one here that I talked to did and all dealerships are supposed to go by a book that already has the prices that they are supposed to charge and man hours per particular job that Ford has. The air silencer is a rubber, snorkel looking thing that fits on to the air intake box in which the filter is housed. The air silencer's "snorkel" looking part fits thru a large hole in the fender. Like as if you are changing the air filter, undo the clasp on the air box as well as take out the bolt that holds the box to the fender (8mm wrench or socket) and completely remove the air box. Then just grab hold of the rubber snorkel and yank it off. Then re-install filter and housing (make sure the two rubber deals under the air box are fitting back down into their holes). Wahlah!! Especially with the K&N you can hear the air being sucked in thru the filter, even with the hood closed. Now at first you'll notice kind of a hissing/air sound in the vents when you accelerate. That was the main purpose of the "air silencer". To get rid of that noise. You get used to it real quick. I don't even notice it anymore. Have fun! ------------------ FOR SALE: 1996 Mustang GTS: 5-speed, K&N, removed air silencer, 3.73s, turndowns after stock H-pipe (no mufflers), 16 inch Mustang GT wheels; 46,400 miles. $11,500 [This message has been edited by 96GTS (edited 09-29-2000).]