} From: tompuh@becnet.com
} Subject: Rear axle
}
} I hope to be the owner of a 88 dakota with V-6 and auto trans.
} My question is about gas mileage and if it is possible to change the
} rear axle to improve the 16 to 17 I read everyone to be getting. This is a
} 4X4 by the way with a cap on it. Any improvement or upgrade tips would
} be nice. Thanks a lot.
You would have to change front and rear axle ratios. Figure $1000
installed (this isn't a home mechanic job). You would have to drive a
long ways to make this up with a 1 mpg increase, and you won't get more
of an improvement than that either, if that much.
Frank Ball 1UR-M frankb@sr.hp.com (707) 794-4168 work
Hewlett Packard (707) 794-3038 fax (707) 538-3693 home
1212 Valley House Drive Kawi KDX200, Yamaha XT350 YZF600R Seca 750
Rohnert Park CA 94928-4999 '95 Dakota SLT Club Cab V8 5-Speed 2WD
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