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Old 08-21-2008, 06:56 PM   #19 (permalink)
Tony Raine
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Location: Bono, AR
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Daily Driver - '01 Ford Explorer Sport
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bigger tires to make all the gears a little higher? (plus recalibrate speedometer)


for example, changing from (stock) 28.9" tire to a 31" tire "changed" my axle ratio from 3.73:1 to 3.48:1. drops the rpm's about 250 going down the road at the same speed
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