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Old 05-12-2022, 02:25 PM   #24 (permalink)
Plush1992
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Originally Posted by hat_man View Post
I had a 97 Ranger with the 2.3l / 5 speed / and a 3.73 rear and was getting 30-32 mpg fairly regularly but it was almost all highway. The 3.08 sounds great but is it maybe too tall for something with barely 115 hp?
I was just thinking about that today. What makes these tall gears difficult to work with is the in town shifting. It's just not smooth at all. Each gear feels so far away from each other in terms of rpms. Shorter gearing would make shifting easier. The nice thing is I am able to get it into 5th gear at 35 without the rpms being to low when cruising
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