Re: final gear ratio

["Jim Butterfield" <jimraelee@domain.elided>]

Bob
You say a pig offroad, what type of trans did you have, Manual or 
auto??I would suspect a auto trans with a tall gear is a pig without 
some type of trans case down gear. I'll be running a t19 wide with a 
6.32 low end gear so slow grunt should still be about 39:1 big jump from 
the auto I had at 17:1. Wont be the big numbers alot of people go for 
but I dont really need 10000000:1 gear ratio. I'm thinking a 3:07 should 
really drop the rpm's , like below 2000 with 33's and 2100 with the 
current 31" tires.

Jim

>Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 02:23:27 GMT
>To: ihc@domain.elided, jimraelee@domain.elided
>From: bobb@domain.elided (Bob Blair)
>Subject: final gear ratio
>
>Suggest you run it with the 33's & 3.45 rear.  Check the mileage & see 
how
>it feels.  You'll have to do an awful lot of driving to make back the 
cost
>of 2 R&P swaps on the difference between 33/3.34 & 33/3.07.
>I ran 3.07 with 33's for a little while and it was OK on-road, but a 
pig
>off-road.
>Bob
>77 Scout II  happy w/ 33's & 4.56:1
>LIOR
>
>>Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 07:24:02 PDT
>>From: "Jim Butterfield" <jimraelee@domain.elided>
>>Im considering a swap of the ring-n-pinion in both front and rear. I 
>>have the t19 wide, d20, 31"( will be going to 33") and thinking of a 
>>3.07 gear instead of the current 3.54. This should drop rpm from 2450 
to 
>>2000. Maybe some better fuel economy???
>>
>>Jim
>
>


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