4x4ord wrote:
I can definitely see someone preferring a 3.73 ratio over 3.42 for a particular application but I'm having a hard time understanding what you're talking about transamz6. Are you believing that a slightly different final drive ratio makes for a smoother 2-3 shift?
2X4ord, I'm thinking lower gear would bring 2 and three a tad closer together. When I'm running in stop lights and in the right lane and get behind a big truck or someone out for a Sunday stroll most of the time I have to lock it in 2nd and run it out a little farther or it will lock the TC and immediately shift to 3rd and either quit accelerating or slow down which in turn makes it downshift back to 2nd. I can get in the hammer lane and take off with normal traffic and it will do fine but you have to take off like you are trying to pull the hitch off until you get to 3rd good or it will fall on its face.