looking to change my axle ratio

Wrong, didn't happen. Split a gear lower (into OD) and the temps dropped.
I know that Landstar (before they fired you), TMC and Arnold taught you all you know, but maybe one of them had alterior motives?
Some knowledge apparently, cannot be gleamed from text books and the internerd.

 

BUT, you cant just talk about gears. We are building a complete system. Unless your connecting the drive shaft right to the motor, you cant ignore the transmission.

 

Again exactly what transmission and what gears?

 

If you still think that your missing the entire point. Unless you downshift all the way to first it does not matter what the rear is. You will drop one more gear in the 2.64, but the road speed would be the same.

 

Gentlemen I await your response to post #217

 

yep short run

 

You could do the exact same set up with 2.64 and it would be just as "fine".

 

To add to this line of total BS...
Not that you would know, but folks who drive in actual mountains, with some actual weight on, know all too well how to reduce temperatures across the board. Engine temperature, rear ends temperature, transmission temperature, the whole shebang. Well for those who have the gauges to read it anyway.
It's called RAISING the RPM's, and lowering boost. But how, you say, can it be so? You see, it isn't really engine RPM's that raise temperatures, it's the load. Boost = load by the way.
Trying to dumb it down here, but not sure if it's enough or not.

Martin

 

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