Ok let me take a crack at this one. Why would higher gears create less
spin? Well lets exagerate the situation. Lets put in some EXTREMELY high
gears, say 39.1's instead of 3.9's Now put it in gear and punch it. You
won't be able to get any rubber because you'll red line and only be going 1
or 2 miles per hour... See how it works? Now I'm not saying that 3.9's spin
less than 3.23's I'm sure there's a middle ground that would produce the
most traction loss. Go up or down from that and loosing traction will
become more difficult.
If any of that made sense let me know, I like surprises...
---Mike, near Houston.--- http://www.mikesdakota.com
'93 V8 4X2
Houston Area DML Meet Page
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/9221
----- Original Message -----
From: <WillTier@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Traction
> In a message dated 4/12/99 12:03:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> Rekker21@aol.com writes:
>
> << << Why would going to 4.10 gears give better traction?
> Am I missing something here? >>
> Yeah, I dont get that either. Ive got 4.10 gears and that just makes it
> worse if you jump into it!
> Eric
> >>
>
> I can't explain why but I have found the same to be true. I had a 68
Valiant
> with 318, 3.23 posi and 4 sp and it would burn em all the way through 1st
and
> 2nd and a good chunk in third and fourth. I then got a 69 340 Dart with
3.91
> and 4 speed and had a lot less traction problems . I would get some spin
but
> had it under control much quicker ?????????
>
> Bill
>
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