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Old 09-25-2014, 10:36 AM   #81 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by pjbgravely View Post
That is strange. In the old days automatics had a lower ration so using an automatic gearing resulted in higher engine speeds.
Yeah, that is the case. However, the gearing is much higher, but the differential gearing is much lower.

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