Re: [Amc-list] Fightin' the Oil Pump

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

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.
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