3.55's would be a better highway cruising gear...keeps the engine RPM's
lower for a given speed as compared to the 3.92's. The lower gearing is for
grunt...basically getting the engine into it's power band at a lower speed.
Overdrive helps mask some of this, but there still is a MPG penalty.
-Rodney
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C. Philip Cutler II [mailto:cpcii@prodigy.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 12:55 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Gearing. Question, Been brought up before but I forget
>
>
> I have kinda a stupid question. I think it has been brought
> up several
> times before but I'll ask again.
>
> What is the difference between the 3.92 and the 3.55 rear gearing? I
> mostly do Road driving with very little towing, if any it's pulling a
> friends vehicle off the road. I do lots of Highway driving,
> So which would
> be better on a new Dak?
>
> If someone just wants to point me to someplace on the web
> that describes it
> that would be great..
> Thanks in advance
>
> Philip
> 92 CC Colorado Red 3.9 4x4 (no mods)
>
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