Using that low end torque and keeping the highway rpm down. : ) My 'new' 81 SX4 has 3.08 diffs and that will mean 3000 rpm or so at 120kph (75mph) even with the 15" wheels/tires. I just might swap it to 2.73s come next spring. Ken Quoting Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx: > > 2:73 with a 196? > oh, I honestly did not think they went that high with the 196! > > -- > Mark Price > Morgantown, WV > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 > 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II > " I realize that death is inevitable. > I just don't want to be around when it happens! " > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Yeah, but nostalgia lets you do things like think it's easy to win a war. > > > > AMC content, pulled the cover off of the differential and drained the black > > > smelly 90 wt or so oil. The gears look fine so I'm not anticipating any > rear > > end problems. I'll check the rear axle seals in a couple of weeks when I > check > > the brakes. For you restoration purists, the cover appears to have been > > unpainted and the rear axle was left in red lead type primer. There was a > tag > > on the differential reading 15/41 which indicates a 2.73:1 axle ratio. The > > > codes on the axle were "DB". > > > > Joe Fulton > > > > --- On Mon, 12/8/08, Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > From: Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Fightin' the Oil Pump > > > To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 8:58 AM > > > " From: "Armand Eshleman" > > > <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > " > > > " [] > > > " When we drive these cars people look and gawk and > > > tell us stories about > > > " their old car that brings them back such good > > > memories. > > > " We are the messengers of nostalgia. > > > > > > yeah, what he said. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > Andrew Hay the genius > > > nature > > > internet rambler is to see what > > > all have seen > > > adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what > > > none thought > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Amc-list mailing list > > > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > _______________________________________________ > > Amc-list mailing list > > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list