Rear axle ratios and impact on towing
Suppose you have a choice between two axle ratios, say they are a 3.09 and a 3.45. And let's say the vehicle has an 8 speed transmission, so there's plenty of gear flexibility. Ok, so there's roughl...
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I'll use an extreme example. Say the truck tops out at 100 mph and the rear is changed so it tops out at 50 mph. The truck has the same amount of gears spread out over 50 instead of 100 mph. Now let's use this percentage thing your stuck on. The example trucks top speed slowed down 50 percent so multiply that times what ever you want and the mph per gear will be 50 percent of what it was with the 100 mph gears. That's what I'm talking about being closer together. Craig
