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Old 02-04-2012, 04:17 PM   #62 (permalink)
lacolocho
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I was saying with a 6.2 you probably want a higher rearend than what would come in a typical 60's era car just because you would waste a lot of gas if your rpms are too high, it probably wouldn't hurt anything and you can even tune the 6.2 to deal with high RPMs fairly well but there is not point to have the gears needed for pulling stumps when the 6.2 in a car can get better fuel economy in the 1600-2200rpm range.
I'm sorry, but this sounds backwards to me.
I thought that a lower-geared differential would bring the rpms down and get better mpg's when just cruising, whereas a higher-geared differential is better for towing, etc.
You seem to be saying the opposite?
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