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Old 06-20-2009, 04:25 PM   #5 (permalink)
bgd73
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oldscoob - '87 subaru wagon gl/dr
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that is a diesel ratio? it is not utilizing the torque available. Even a 90hp subaru boxer has .780 as the final drive through a ten gear AWD transmission. little diesel Engineers ought to be embarrased. I found not much difference happens once you get into tractor trailers, the weight and other physics is the gears. alot fo steel to take what your digging into (tall gear == deeper dig of course)
for cars and regular trucks however, it is a direct repsonse to the throttle, not much steel to spring to life and drive. Go as tall as you could purchase for your setup. A small diesel has been an incomplete hack job for a long time now...
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