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    4:10 = Highway Disliker

    I have a 4:10 in my daily 89 325is. For someone that does about 70% of his driving on the highway the 4:10 sucks ass. At 80mph I'm around 4000rpm. What do you guys suggest I go with?

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    3.73

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      #3
      3.73 is still very high revving for lots of highway use. I'd go lower than that.
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        #4
        don't drive at 80mph? :p
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          #5
          I have a 3.46LSD sitting around to go in mine. The 3.73 spins the motor too high for my taste on 215/40/17. My driving is 75% on the freeway, so I feel your pain.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Bimmerista View Post
            3.73
            This^

            Originally posted by Lof8 View Post
            3.73 is still very high revving for lots of highway use. I'd go lower than that.
            I think the 3.73 is actually a happy medium between local and highway driving. I had a G260 mated to a 3.73LSD (aka what comes standard in a 325is) and it was comfortable for the ~400 highway miles I traveled weekly.
            Originally posted by ebelements
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              #7
              2.93lsd

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                #8
                Yea 2.93 is great for daily and highway. I have an open 2.93 if your interested.

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                  #9
                  I get the same numbers on the highway with my 3.73 as op, wtf is that about
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                    #10
                    2.93? why not do a 4 speed conversion? yuck..
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                      #11
                      What size tires are you running? The OE tires are roughly 24" diameter. Many of the popular tires (205/50-15 and 225/45-15) are about 23", which makes a difference. My car with a 3.73 and 205/60-14's (a bit less than 24") is a tad buzzy on the hwy and I'm not doing 80 mph.

                      I've been dreaming of a taller rear ratio, although mainly because when running auto-x, I'm banging the rev limiter in 2nd gear on every course I've run so far.
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                        #12
                        3.25lsd maybe? feel like it be better then 2.93. i do have 3.46 gears laying around though.
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                          #13
                          I have the same problem, most of my driving is highway and 4.10s blow ass. I dont even care for 4.10s locally, 1st gear is pretty much pointless unless for sprinted drives.

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                            #14
                            3.46 would probably work well, I was joking about the 2.93s lol, unless economy very important and you don't care about going fast.

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                              #15
                              3.73 is good if you dont want to feel slow everywhere else but the highway..

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