03 Feb 09 08:57, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> RN> You could have changed the rear end ratio and gotten much better
 RW>> RN> mileage.

 RW>> Or install taller tires until he could afford the gears.

 RN> I can't recall exactly, but a ring gear and pinion probably weren't
 RN> that expensive in the early seventies.

I've been looking at them on Ebay. A set of Richmond gears go for $140,
new. Don't know what that would be in 1970 dollars, but they're really
cheap today, so they must have been just as cheap then.

My pickup has 18" wheels and tall tires on it and the engine runs around
1800 RPM at 75mph (22mpg). I figure I can slow down a bit and install 4.10
gears so I can have some fun with it at the drags. 4.10s would put the rpm
at approximately 2100 at 70mph.

                R\%/itt



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