just askin': final drives & gear ratios

[Chris Dyer]

Right I know--what I meant was 4.11 might be too extreme, hence something in 
the "high 3's". But you may be right, tranny stress is not something I need 
or want.


>From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
>To: "Chris Dyer" <chrisdyer at hotmail.com>, <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: RE: just askin':  final drives & gear ratios
>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:40:46 -0400
>
>Chris, I think you're going in the opposite direction.
>
>In order to improve acceleration times, you want to go with something
>even steeper than a 4.11:1, like a 4.5:1 or 5:1 ratio. That would make
>first gear a real stump-puller, probably leading to transmission failures,
>though.
>
>Taka
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
>Behalf Of Chris Dyer
>Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 5:04 PM
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: just askin': final drives & gear ratios
>
>
>The 0-60 thread got me thinkin' about "Hot Rod" magazine-type discussions.
>Specifically, final drive and/or gear ratio changes to decrease 1/4 mile
>times.  One might consider this for one's '87 5kcstq w/165k mi.; IF one
>could maintain relatively low rpms at highway speeds (3k approx at 80mph)which
>would mean also changing the individual gears I spose.  Anyone done this in
>a quattro application?  On paper, it sounds like it could be good.  Maybe
>not a 4.11 final drive, but something in the 3.63 range maybe?
>
>(it also got me thinkin' cuz I went to the Dinan site and that's one of the
>performance goodies they offer to WMB's)
>
>tawk amongst yourselves, discuss.
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