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texanidiot25 · 02-11-2011, 04:55 AM

In regards to you mentioning that EOCing wasn't great in this truck due to coasting-- Even in 2wd the front differential and driveshaft still spin. Look up for your transfer case if this is OK, but consider pulling the front driveshaft during summer time to remove some drivetrain drag. Having to spin that driveshaft with the gearing reversed (large ring gear spinning the small pinion) is sure to cause a good bit of drag.

02-11-2011, 04:55 AM	#20 (permalink)
texanidiot25 Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 331 Formula - '96 Firebird Formula/Trans-Am 90 day: 19.31 mpg (US) Thanks: 8 Thanked 31 Times in 18 Posts	In regards to you mentioning that EOCing wasn't great in this truck due to coasting-- Even in 2wd the front differential and driveshaft still spin. Look up for your transfer case if this is OK, but consider pulling the front driveshaft during summer time to remove some drivetrain drag. Having to spin that driveshaft with the gearing reversed (large ring gear spinning the small pinion) is sure to cause a good bit of drag. __________________ Lets see how far it can go "All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. [...] But the man who creates the music is hearing something else, is dealing with the roar rising from the void and imposing order on it as it hits the air. What is evoked in him, then, is of another order, more terrible because it has no words, and triumphant, too, for the same reason. And his triumph, when he triumphs, is ours." -Sonny's Blues