F350: 4.30 or 3.73 Gears
Very close to ordering a new F350 SRW 6.2 engine, long bed, rear wheel drive, crew cab. Tow a Grand Design Reflection 27RL. Pin weight 1900 lbs and trailer at 9000 lbs (both scaled weight, fully pac...
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spoon059 wrote:SolidAxleDurango wrote:
He will be cruising at higher RPMs with the 4.30.
I'm extrapolating a little bit, and didn't clarify. With the 4.30 gears and being able to stay in 6th gear, he will have lower RPM's than with 3.73 and being in 4th or 5th gear.
Correct that there will be more leverage with lower (higher numerically) gears in the rear end... Which may allow the driver to hold a higher transmission gear longer.
But that varies with each and every driving situation how one gear ratio might behave compared to another gear ratio.
Strictly speaking.... For a specific road speed, given gear-for-gear comparison, the lower geared truck will always spin more RPM.
