# turboSHO kills 3rd gear (ATX) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 15, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbosho-kills-3rd-gear-atx/29341 "2007-05-15T15:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbosho-kills-3rd-gear-atx/29341/15 "2007-05-16T19:17:11Z")
no it is definately a internal failure. i’ll post the video eventually of the failure. FPS said he would do the repair at actual time on labor instead of book, 15% over cost on parts and shipping. i would guess it will be about 1500 bucks for the repair + shipping so probably about 2K + i want him to add a LSD so +800 bucks and I am debating on weither on not i should change the gearing./ my options are. 3.19 (from a 3.8 taurus) 3.74 (stock) 3.99 (from a 3.0 windstar) the gear ration is altered by changing the sprocket size for the chain before any of the gears or clutches so essentialy by going to the 3.19 ratio i would be lessening the stress on the transmission. so to counteract that i would get heads and cams. also i think i would be back to completing the 1/4 mile in second gear. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbosho-kills-3rd-gear-atx/29341)._