Couldn't have said it better. Absolutely correct!!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of
> Weston-Lewis, Graeme
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 7:00 PM
> To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'; 'Dester243@aol.com'
> Subject: RE: DML: New Dakota chick/Tire Size.
>
>
> 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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