Rear end ratio and quarter mile..
 

Why dont the people who are into the 1/4 mile upgrade to the 4.3 rear end? And how come i never see that in peoples sigs; the 4.3:1 rati., is it 'cuz people never do it? It seems like it would play a significant role in acceleration, especially going from a 3.9:1... ?
I donno, basically what Im askingis why dont more people do this upgrade?

Expensive and difficult compared to the results.

I don't think going from a 4.10 to a 4.33 is going to make that much of a difference in a drag car.

What does this mean?

Well installing a different final drive ratio is a time consuming and difficult task.

because it only fits N/As which are too slow for the track anyways LOL :D :D :D

LOL!!!!! TRU DAT22@

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I don't get the 3.9 thing... is this not the 91 vert in your sig???

If it is the 4.1 came standard on all S5 verts regardless of tranny.

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thats interesting...

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nah, the S5 vert was heavier and the Feds raised the gas guzzler weight level, so Mazda put it accross the board on the verts, just to help the accell a little.

hmm... interesting (hah) seriously it is

i have an 89 vert, i thoguht it came with a 3.9 rearend.

No, only the 88 vert came with the 3.9. The 89 came with a 4.1

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Because most FC's have a 4.1:1 diff and a 5% shorter ratio is going to make hardly any difference. If you're really into drag racing dropping 5% of the car's weight will have a similar effect for less effort and no money.

yeah I most likely will have some 4.44 gears cut for my vert/t2 rear end. I had 3.90 on my vert and went to 4.10. I did notice a little difference. Not hard to notice a difference when you have like 120rwhp. Anyways
I rode in Kevin landers vert/t2 and he had 4.30 gears and their was a noticable difference I thought. One you will notice right away is higher rpms at 5th gear 70mph driving. Doesn't help you at the pump but higher rpms will help accelaration across the board. I am looking to run 400rwhp with 4.44 gears = just about unbeatable on the street.