RE: 3.55 to 3.92

From: Mr. Plow (adam_is_mr_plow@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jul 10 2001 - 11:33:52 EDT


Geez Dave!! A 27" trailer??? Just over 2 feet!!! That 5.2 must not be too
great. hehe
Hey, I'm Canadian, and we use the metric system, and even i know that the
abbreviation for feet is ' not " hehe

But, i'll stop criticizing for now. :)
But the guy has a 4cyl, so i doubt he's going to be pulling any trailers any
time soon, and definitely not at highway speeds.

The Adam Blaster

>
>I just changed from 3.55 to 3.90. I ended up yanking them out. I pull a
>23" trailer and have to run at highway speeds with the overdrive off. The
>RPM's with 27" tires was around 3400. Made a considerable difference in
>gas
>mileage and noise level. With the OD on no problem. To be honest with you
>I didn't notice that big of a difference in acceleration based on the
>dollars you end up spending. Just my opinion.
>
>Dave R
>92 Dak 5.2
>71 Demon 340
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