Re: Changing Rear End Ratio in a TD

[Ed Woods <fogbro1@bellatlantic.net>]

John,

To the best of my recollection, your TD is doing 15 mph per 1000 rpm
with the standard 5.125 diff. This should be reduced to 839 rpm at 15
mph with the 4.3, or 3356 rpm at 60 mph. The XPAG may be happy at 4000
rpm, but I'm not. That's why I put the 4.3 in. Don't find myself
"rowing" through the gears any more than I used to with the original. It
was a good swap.

I spent over a year in Danville, IL at the new Alcoa plant. Can't
believe there's at TD in the area.

Ed Woods