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Bruce Lancaster · 03-05-2013, 10:35 AM

"Bruce, I had 4.44 gears in my car when I bought it. It's not fun shifting to second gear before you get across an intersection..."
You gotta do the whole package, the way Ford did it on the Lincoln...low rear, closer ratio gears in trans, circa 30% off the top in overdrive!

03-05-2013, 10:35 AM	#33
Bruce Lancaster Member Emeritus Join Date: May 2010 Location: Madison, NJ Posts: 5,230	Re: 4.44:1 rearend, What's it good for? "Bruce, I had 4.44 gears in my car when I bought it. It's not fun shifting to second gear before you get across an intersection..." You gotta do the whole package, the way Ford did it on the Lincoln...low rear, closer ratio gears in trans, circa 30% off the top in overdrive!