Re: Midget questions

[Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>]

On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:

> With a 'taller' diff ratio while the rpm may drop for any given road speed
> which is desirable in 4th gear it has the negative effect of widening the
> effective ratios in the box.

Daniel,
thanks for saying that!
For all these years, I was not aware of this fact; it is obvious, I just
never thought of it!  I used to think it only affects 1st gear and in all
other gears the shift points are simply shifted (no pun).

But of course, if you have a 1000rpm drop when shifting and then changed
you diff, you would get 

1000rpm * 4.22 / 3.7 = 1141rpm drop.

    Ulix                                       __/__,__      ___/__|\__  
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