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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG
Same here. I was looking at a 4.44 and 4.56 setups. Glad I went 4.3 and I was able to get the complete diff from a 2018 car for 580 with shipping. Most of the tracks I have been to it is pretty spot on, I would be in between gears in a lot of places with the other two options. That is the only reason I went away from 4.1 to begin with.
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At the time I did the swap, the factory 4.3 option was not available or I might have gone that way as a cheaper OEM (read quiet) gear option... I spent $480 on new OEM gears, $250 on a complete 4.1 differential from a salvage yard (20K miles on it!), about $150 on seals, bearings, gear oil, etc. to take my time doing the setup and then do a quick complete diff swap.
If you are serious about racing, you need to worry about matching the track...
For a daily driver, within the last 10 posts there have been members saying they are happy with 4.3, 4.56, and 4.88 swaps...
my point is you hear a lot of hyperbole about "screaming revs on the highway" when 4.56 gears are only an 11% difference from 4.1 stock, and if you are comparing to 4.3 are only a 6% difference. It just is not that big of a deal on the street.
To this day my 4.56 gears bring a smile to my face in 3rd gear on an empty cloverleaf onramp... but I always want a little more acceleration - hence my wondering about 4.88s!