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Old 03-01-2010, 07:47 PM
Fx4wannabe01 Fx4wannabe01 is offline
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Originally Posted by carfinatic24 View Post
I have a 98 ranger with 33's now and wanting to eventually get 35's. how come you have yours geared so low?
to put me back to stock-like gearing. compensating for the increased tire size and rolling mass. i had 4.10's and 30.5's stock....getting me back to stock equivilent, I'd need a 4.66 gear. since there's no available 4.66 gearing, my choices are 4.56 or 4.88. going to the 4.88 & 34.8's = 4% lower gearing than stock and also equals a lower crawl ratio. this added compensation takes care of some of the weighty issues too....so it's vitually driving like stock now.
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