Please feel free to correct my if I'm missing something here...
>>After I switched to 4.10's...No more problems<<
Can't contest experience like that, also can't explain it. Maybe somebody
dumped some Mr. T's medallions in your trunk. I'm just talkin the physics
of the whole thing here. If I swap my 3.55s for 4.10s, the engine can spin
my tires easier(the driveshaft gets 4.1 revolutions to spin the tire once,
instead of 3.55 revs). Therefore, with the pedal mashed, its easier to
displace the weight of my bed and lose traction.
>>(Ponder on this: If numerically smaller gears are better, then why do
most
of the track vehicles run 3.90 - 4.56.)<<
I think we're miscommunicating a little, I think lower ratios (big numbers)
are great and will make your truck get up and move. I don't think
numerically smaller gears are better, I just think they're easier to smoke.
I don't want to squabble over chicken feed here. Well, actually it's pretty
fun.
-Jay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernd D. Ratsch [SMTP:bernd@texas.net]
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 3:03 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: RE: DML: 3.55 or 3.90 in an R/T ?
>
> Nope...I'll never give up. (Although the beer would be nice) ;)
>
> From my days at the track (Sear Point), I used to run 3.23's on my
> ProStreet Class Camaro. Always burned them at the lights and always
> smoked
> them 1/2 way down the track. After I switched to 4.10's...No more
> problems
> and the e.t's were MUCH better. Also, most of the other vehicles we built
>
> (mainly 5.0's) all had the gears switched to 3.90 for better times.
>
> - Bernd
>
> (Ponder on this: If numerically smaller gears are better, then why do
> most
> of the track vehicles run 3.90 - 4.56.)
>
>
> At 02:47 PM 09/09/1999 -0400, you wrote:
> >I agree, takes off faster. But slips more. Try squockin em off the line
> in
> >3rd gear(higher gear, lower ratio). See where that gets you. 2 for, 1
> >against. We outnumber you, Bernd. Concede victory and I'll FedEx you a
> >beer.
> >-Jay
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jack Hilton [SMTP:HEMI@charter.net]
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 6:25 PM
> > > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > > Subject: RE: DML: 3.55 or 3.90 in an R/T ?
> > >
> > >
> > > It should take off faster , but it should lose more traction .
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 01:18 PM 9/9/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Take a vehicle with 3.08, 3.23, or 3.55 gears, put it next to another
> > > >identical one with 3.90 (or 4.10) gears and launch them. Guaranteed,
> the
> > >
> > > >3.90 (or 4.10) will take off faster, loose less traction, and
> > > >overall...have a quicker time.
> > > >
> > > >- Bernd
> > > >
> > > >(And no...I wasn't leaning on my handle bars..) ;)
> > > >
> > > `>
> > >
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