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    Quote Originally Posted by Itoldyouso View Post

    BTW, I did some rpm/gear ratio checks, and at 60 mph here are the various rpms I would be turning:

    3.70......................2486
    4.10......................2755
    4.30......................2890
    4.56......................3064
    4.88......................3279

    I think from that 4.30's will still be my choice.


    Don
    Wow that's quite a difference from top to bottom! I guess you have to decide what you will be doing most and adjust from there. I went 3.0 on the truck because to get anywhere from here, it's on the hiway you go!
    But for a local cruiser with some burnouts in it's future, that's a whole different story.
    On the steering stabilizer where does the other side of it mount to? I can see where you attached it to the steering arm, but is it attached to the frame on the other side?(oops went back and clearly saw the answer in the pic!) I use to run one in my manual steering jeep cj-7, that had a set of 33" tires on it. Boy what a differene that made when you hit a bump or cattle grate, before the stabilizer, the wheel would spin so violently it could break your arm if you held it wrong! Afterwards it's was a lot milder, but still a potential arm breaker!
    Last edited by stovens; 08-17-2009 at 11:28 AM.
    " "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.

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