Increasing the overall circumference of the tire will decrease the effective
gear ratio. Remember, for every rev of the engine, you are going further,
just as if you were running a taller gear.
Graeme
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dester243@aol.com [mailto:Dester243@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 4:42 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: New Dakota chick/Tire Size.
>
>
> WAIT a second... i thought gettin bigger tires would give you
> a higher gear
> ratio. wouldn't the ratio's go up, not down? like to 3.7
> something? coz
> i'm about to get new rims and i thought actually gettin the
> bigger one would
> result in higher gear ratio... (concept neeper SABRE LTs)
> thought of gettin
> 17" rims, but if you get more power out of a lower gear
> ratio. i might opt for
> 15s wit a 50 series tire.
> -Dester
>
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