Jim
Thats exactly right. And you can only get spur gears just so big and still
fit in the case. Best spur ratio I can easily get for a 4:86 R&P is a 2.58.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; <LGMCAFEE@aol.com>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: Rear end Updates
> Hi all,
> It's not just the power requirements that make a 4.88 bad it's the
fact
> that you have to overdrive the pinion so much to get a usable ratio. If
you
> put in a 2/1 QC set to get a 2.44 ratio you get 14,00 RPM at the pinion
gear
> at 7,000 RPM in high gear. It's really hard on the bearings.
> Jim in Palmdale
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