Mark,
Are there any alternatives to the T-5? The Corvette/Viper T-56???
I often see people change gear ratios when in effect a tire size change
will do the same thing. At the least, what you might do is scrounge up a
taller wheel/tire for testing your idea. Do the math and see if say... a
215-70-15 tire would fit.
I'm on the other side of your idea. Jeep used a Toploader (T-178) that had
a 3.01 first and evenly spaced gears (unlike the overdrive Toploader - which
was very weak). My idea was to use taller tires to effectively get the 3.01
first gear closer to the equivalent 2.78 of a wide ratio. On the other end
the 1 to 1 ratio of 4th gear would be the equivalent of an overdrive.
However, the T-178 seems to be very hard to find (especially at Pick A Part
prices).
400 Ft.Lb's sound nice. Hope you can find the difference maker in ratios to
make it all work
Tom
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