

| Subject: | Re: Silly idea? |
| From: | mark drillock |
| Date: | Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:13:52 -0800 |
And if you look at what it gives as the re/mile for those 2 tires is it exactly what BFG says? Some lame programs pretend to calculate rev/mile from raw tire size. If the program will instead let you input the rev/mile values from the tire company then you can get better accuracy. Mark Ralph Meyermann wrote: > It has tire rev per mile part of calculation > > Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy > On Feb 10, 2014 2:02 PM, "mark drillock" <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > >> There are a lot of garbage calculators on the web. >> >> Tire companies tell you how many rev/mile their tires turn. That is the >> spec to use for calculating gearing. If your calculator used a raw tire >> size instead then it is probably garbage. >> >> >> BFG says their 195/75/14 tire is 815 rev/mile >> BFG says their 215/75/15 tire is 748 rev/mile >> >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> >> Ralph Meyermann wrote: >> >>> It was showing me that the only ratio difference of the two was the ring >>> and pinion. The tire size is 27.8 on the bfg and 25-26 on my 195/75/14? >>> >>> Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy >>> On Feb 10, 2014 1:17 PM, "Ralph Meyermann" <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I was using the transaxle ratio/tire size calculator thing to make my >>>> reference from. Is it not that accurate? >>>> >>>> Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy >>>> On Feb 10, 2014 1:14 PM, "mark drillock" <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Stock DK tranny and 195/75/14 tires in 4th at 3500 is 65.6 mph >>>>> >>>>> Stock DZ tranny and 195/75/14 tires in 4th at 3500 is 51.4 mph >>>>> >>>>> Stock DZ tranny and 215/75/15 tires in 4th at 3500 is 56.1 mph >>>>> >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ralph Meyermann wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Volks, I may have another silly idea. I am planning on having my >>>>>> diesel >>>>>> ratio transaxle rebuilt with a 1st and second ratio change to a 4.13 >>>>>> and >>>>>> 2.25 if my memory is correct to aide pulling my small fishing boat out >>>>>> of >>>>>> the water. My silly idea is that with 215/75/15 bfg all terrains >>>>>> matched >>>>>> to >>>>>> my diesel ratio transaxle is about the same as my dk transaxle with my >>>>>> 195/75/14. I was thinking that when I'm bringing the boat camping I >>>>>> will >>>>>> run the 14" wheel package to take some load off the engine/transaxle >>>>>> and >>>>>> when I am not bringing the boat Ill use the big wheel package to gain >>>>>> some >>>>>> hwy speed? It's so crazy, it just might work?? >>>>>> Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> >
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