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Old 09-20-2008, 02:50 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by guitarterry View Post
again what i was wanting to know from metrompg was why he used 155/80/13 instead of 145/82/12 tires and even taller gears.
I would guess its based on the availability of tranny gears to swap in. There most likely are very limited options, so he used a taller gear that was available in the trans, and used taller tires (the 155s) to make the gearing even higher.
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