1986 vs. 1994 mustang

[QuantumMotorsports]

The gearing on T5's is also a lot better than AODs. Depending on the T5 first gear could be 3.35:1 which would mean if he had stock 3.08 gears his final drive ratio in first gear would be 10.318. Where as in the AOD, first gear is I think 2.40:1 (thats what it says on www.baumannengineering.com) so if you've got 3.73s your final drive ratio in first gear would be 8.952 Which basically means the AOD car even though you have a more wicked gearset, feels like it has a crappier gear in first just because first gear is such a crappy gear in the AOD. Make sense? That's why when everyone asks what gears to get, people say, AOD or T5? AOD's really need 4.10s when T5's need 3.73s in my opinion. But then when they're both in over drive (5th for a T5, 4th for an AOD, but both 0.68:1 ratio) the T5 would get better gas mileage and cruise at a lower RPM.