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| | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | Torque for getting a load started depends on transmission ratio and axle gears (and tire size).
If your new transmission has a lower first gear than your current that helps, if not then it's the same or hurts.
Your axle gear ratio isn't 1.5, not an option. More than likely it's around 3.00. In jacking up ONE wheel turning it and counting drivehsaft turns you need to use a factor of 2 in your calculation. With one wheel standing still the other turns twice as fast due to the differential gears.
I suggest you turn only one wheel 20 times. Count the driveshaft turns and divide the number by 10 for your answer. More turns in your calculation gives better accuracy.
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