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Originally Posted by 19bonestock88
Umm... 2.14 gears with a tall overdrive ratio in a van? How often do you plan on being in 8th gear? I bet not very often without some aero modding...
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I am still playing around with the 2.14 to 2.39 gears, but as I alike to run at 80/85 MPH I do think I will be able to hit 8th a fair amount of time and again why I am building a engine with torque from 1000RPMs.
I have see it said it only takes 20HP to maintain 70MPG in a car so i figure it will be (?) 40HP to do the same....
First is my stock set up:
Then the 8L90 with two gears sets: