Thread: Ring gear damage pics

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I full turn of the wheel gets 2 revolutions of the drive shaft... Thats what I thought at first 2.06 But its has 11 pinion and 41 ring which comes out to 3.72.333333333333333333333333333:1 ,Which the calculator says is 127 mph at 5500 rpm. Which is way faster than I want to pilot that brick!!!!
I was doing some reading and the charts say to put the cruze {in my case 65 mph speed limit}at the max torque rpm ,which is 3500 for the street and use that to calculate the rear gear,Which at 1:1 in drive at 65 mph for 3500 rpm is about 4.81:1.for a 30 inch tire or 23 inch tall tire with current gear...lol!!http://www.wallaceracing.com/calcrgr.php
For the strip it said to input the max hp rpm for gears on the strip.
I think that is a little much,it must be for max performance ,....not max economy?Maybe a good set of 4.11:1 rear gears would be a good compromise between economy and max performance?
I hope the local parts house has these bearings...online they were about 20 bucks apiece for good usa timikin bearins of this style and seemed to be used in most rear ends ,it listed ford ,gm,chrysler /mopar and jeep as using this basic bearing!!!
Bearings and marking die to be purchased monday and hopefully there will be some progress!!!....more pics too!
You notice where the back of the pinion was ground away from rubbing the carrier I could have seen the disaster that would have resulted in the first big smoke show ,that would have impressed them all!!!


!!!!!edit!!!!! New plan ,changing to a new ring and pinion gear.....see other thread "opinions"