Gearing help
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From: Springfield, MA
Year: 1993
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Thanks for the tip. I thought those were stronger. Its off an S10 blazer. I'm gettin the truck for free without the tires. I guess i'll just strip it, sell the parts and get gears for my axles with the cash. It does have a winch though with a busted cable so i'm excited about that. Oh and it has detroit lockers front and rear.
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Originally Posted by planewrench
So, nobody's gonna' correct this?
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Originally Posted by planewrench
So, nobody's gonna' correct this?
Originally Posted by hankthetank
Not really, that's down there with how screwdrivers work. Way too obvious. Pretty sure he's just explaining the ratio...
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Heck, I'm just saying that you corrected the guy who got it right and then he came back and apologized for being wrong. If you have 4.10 gears your driveshaft turns four point one times for every revolution of your axle.
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Year: 1996
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Ok so i hate the fact that if i want to go over 60mph on the highway, i have to downshift and rev up to 3500-4000 rpms. Even doing that, if i'm going uphill it barely increases speed. I was thinking of going with like a 4.56 gearset but i had a little arguement this morning with one of my drivers about pros and cons. I dont know anything about axles really so i took his word for it and now i'm asking here. He said that if you up the gear ratio, it causes the engine to spin more to make the axle spin less. Does this mean that at highway speed, i might have more torque for hills but my engine will be spinning at a higher rpm all the time? the way he explained it to me is a 3.00 gear set means the engine turns 3 times for every one time the axle turns, 4.00 mean 4 engine rotations for 1 axle rotation. This seems really detrimental to my gas mileage. Also i was thinking of keeping the 3.55 axle gears and looking into having my AW4 geared. I'm on 33s right now and i dont plan on going any bigger with the tire size.
Last edited by Matt21; May 7, 2012 at 11:43 PM.
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