8 3/4" Questions

fishy68 said
I have never dealt with them but everybody seems to talk very highly of Randy's Ring and Pinion. Good prices I hear too.

As far as your gear ratio alot depends on how tall your tire is. If your running 3000 at 65 mph it sounds like 3:55 gears (figuring a 27" tall tire) but I never heard of anything newer than 71 coming with gears that low. Most of them came with very tall gears like 2.76's or the like.

If your going with a 4 speed auto overdrive you can run even lower gears for better acceleration. 4:11's would be great. Smokin takeoff and when it shifts into OD your crusin at a decent rpm.

Have you done any measurements to see if the OD unit will clear the trans. tunnel yet. I haven't done one but read on other boards that the OD unit is so big it hits the tunnel so you have to enlarge it some.

My tire is 245/60/15 which makes it 26.57 inches tall, so basically 27 inches. I would be amazed if I had 3.55 gears as well, especially with only a 318 originally. The company I contacted about the 4 speed auto overdrive said I would have to make some adjustments to the transmission tunnel to fit. I have not made any measurements though. I am trying to decide what ratio to get either 3.55, 3.91 or 4.11. I want that great acceleration, but also a decent rpm when cruising.