

| Subject: | Re: Silly idea? |
| From: | Ralph Meyermann |
| Date: | Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:38:58 -0600 |
Thanks! I'll check it out and compare to what I have to see if there is a difference or not. Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy On Feb 10, 2014 3:28 PM, "Zeitgeist" <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a nice gear calculator which allows you to input the tire size and > each gear/diff ratio > > http://www.teammfactory.com/gear-calculator > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:13 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > > > 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 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>> > >> > > > -- > Casey >
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