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| | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | In the old days guys would talk about hi-speed rear ends,,, would this be the same as high gears in a rear end or the opposite,,,say a 2:73 vs a 3:90, or would it be some-thing else........ you guys didn't think I could be serious :DFred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 314 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 314 | Its Valentines day Fred... Better get your rear in gear  I don't know if you can handle a "High speed rear" | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | Ha--- I can handle all kinds, just cant remember what is what,, once I find out , then I can put my shifter in the right slot.............now answer my question
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 | Us oldtimers refered to the lower numerical ratio, the 2.73-1 in your example, as a high geared rear end. Hi-speed rear end is the same thing, but creates less confusion due to the fact that younger people think of numerical values when talking about ratios; just the opposite of the oldtimers thinking. I usually state "higher geared (numercally lower)" to indicate my meaning. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | Baldy,, thanks for your reply,, I was thinking that was the case but not sure,, you don't hear the term that much, I get confused when I hear taller gears, I assume they are referring to higher numercally number, meaning more ump..........Fred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 104 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 104 | I have a 4:10, which is what I understand to be a low gear.
I can certainly tell it when I touch the gas.
I'm sure when I actually get around to driving it around I'll be able to tell when I hafta start paying for the gas.
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