Gear Ratios: Misinformation at its worst.

YES but is it a good idea and can you do that with 456 or 488? On a 488 the crown is thicker but shorter/

 

I see the disconnect now. In your other post, you were talking about rounding to the nearest thousandth. I thought you were talking about size, but you were talking about decimal points. I thought you were smoking the good stuff there for a minute.

 

I agree with this part

Although I agree with this statement as a fact, but not the conclusion
The pinion is a constant in terms of rpm where the crown is a variable depending on size. the part that moves the truck wheels goes a farther distance in the same amount of time so ''faster''. with the taller gear.

 

I decided to disagree with him after I read an article of his about running in direct vs OD for fuel mileage. I have a 13 with 3.25 rears on low pro 22.5s. my truck runs really good in 12th, .86 ratio, running between 65-67 which is between 1500-1550 RPMs.

He explained his reasons for direct but they didn't pan out in the real world with my truck.

 

Dang, thought I had a triple digit large car.

 

change rpm to 2050.....