[geeks] woot! Score!!

[kamakazi]

You can probably do all you want with just the tranny swap, don't know
about the 'vette tranny, but you you can change ratios in a tranny also,
and I'm sure that one already has an overdrive gear.  Just putting lower
gears in with the stock automatic  could hurt in town gas mileage I
would think, since the torgue converter will spend more time below
lockup, converting your gas into heat.  Of course if your miles are
primarily highway then that could not matter.

Tim

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 07:58:51 +0000 (GMT)
Kris Kirby <kris at catonic.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> > My current axles have 3.55 gears, and with 32" tires the Ram really
> > bogs at low RPM.  The largest I can go in stock axles (Chrysler
> > 9.25" rear and Dana 40 front) is 4.11.  4.56 gears require new
> > carriers - so I was going to settle for 4.11s.  Then this deal comes
> > along, now all I have to do is drop the existing axles, bolt on the
> > new ones, and drive away.
> 
> This reminds me of a quandry I've been contemplating. When I get my
> Caprice, it may have 2.29(?) 2.99, 3.51 or 4.10 gears in it. I'm
> really thinking of swapping whatever it has for the lowest I can get
> so that my gas mileage will be the best I can get for the car. I'm
> also planning on swapping the auto tranny for a stick ('vette T56
> 6-speed) so I can get even better gas mileagle.
> 
> Kinda silly to do such a thing to a `high performance' car [down alex!
> ;-)] but I keep telling myself I'm doing it so I can have a car that
> cruises at 90 MPH with ease. I'm also wondering if that will allow the
> vehicle to have a higher top speed (god forbid anyone go hurtling down
> the road in a 4500 lb. car at 180[1]).
> 
> [1]: Hello, suicide hotline?
> 
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