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| RE: Not FE but what a diff. a rear makes..True story |
| By Joel - 01/14/2003 12:22:03 PM; IP 12.27.46.140 |
| Not only axle ratio, but effective ratio. My Talladega came with a decent set of 205/70x14 all-season passenger car tires. With a 3.25 open rear and a 428cj/c6, it could lay a patch about a 100 feet. I purchased a new set of 215/70x14 T/A Radials to be placed on a different set of rims that I had cleaned up and resprayed in the original argent silver finish. They installed 3 of the 4 before they realized that the last one had a manufacture's defect in the sidewall. So, while a new one was ordered, they installed a 195/70x14 radial in it's place (on the right rear of course : ) ). I went and "tested" again on a quiet section of road by my house. Let's just say, the first time I hit the gas from a dead stop scared me sh*tless. Before I had gone ten feet, at had zipped through first gear and was climbing in second when I got out of it. It never shifted out of first with the other tires! I also realized that I hadn't floored the accelerator causing it to shift at about 4500rpm. I had a grin from ear to ear. With my new found "power", I tried again. This time, I feathered the throttle so it didn't shift into second as fast. After it did shift into second, I mashed it to the floor. Seconds passed like years as blue smoke covered the corn fields. After the smoke cleared, the damage was evident. At least a football field worth of asphalt had been marked with cheap Ma and Pa sedan tire. The tire's smaller diameter, and undoubtedly, harder tire compound helped create this master piece. The tire's smaller diameter lowered my effective ratio as compared to the larger diameter tires. I calculated the difference. It wasn't even as much as going from a 3.25 to 3.5 gear set. |
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