Typical cost for gears:

-ring/pinion set - $200
-install kit/lube/LSD additive - $75 - 125
-Labor - $250 - 350

Not all that cheap. If you have the required tools - pinion depth checker and dial inidcator, you could try it yourself, but unless you've done it before, I wouldn't recommend it.

 

A 2800-3200 stall would wake it up a good deal more than swapping from a 3.23 to a 3.73 gear.

If you think this stuff isn't cheap wait till you start looking at blowers.

 

Ok well would it be wise to look at used torque converters or just stick with new?

Yes blowers are crazy expensive. By the time I go sc though I plan to be making alot more money then im making now.

 

If you buy a used converter, and can get one at a good price, get a good quality one like a Yank, or Precision Industries, or a Coan and pay the $230 - $250 to have it opened up and inspected. Otherwise, you don't know what you are getting, because if it is off a failing or failed transmission, it could be full of clutch debris and/or metal, and there's no way to get it out, but to cut it open and clean it, then weld it shut again. And they can also inspect the thrust bearings, clutch, and stator, etc. But just be aware that the converter was probably built to stall at X rpm on someone else's car and may be different on yours. That's another thing a good shop can change for ya (for mo money).

 

By the time you pay for the converter plus shipping to and from the builder plus labor and parts to open it up, restall it, etc... you've pretty much paid for a new converter built to spec. Just my thoughts.