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Thread: Gear ratio and RPM's
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08-15-2009, 08:21 PM #1
Gear ratio and RPM's
I just got 3.73's installed in my car and the RPM's seem to be much higher than they should. I have an auto and at 50 I'm at 2000 rpm's and at 70 about 2800 rpm's. Does this seem correct? I reprogrammed the computer with my Hypertech programmer, but maybe I did something wrong?
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08-16-2009, 01:01 AM #2
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08-16-2009, 05:39 AM #3
Try this sight for the correct numbers:
http://www.f-body.org/gears/
@ 1500 RPM you SHOULD be doing 50 MPH
@ 2700 RPM you SHOULD be doing 80 MPH.
With your numbers you are up in the 4.40:1 rearend gear range.
I am assuming that you are in OD.
SteveCLast edited by SteveC; 08-16-2009 at 05:49 AM.
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08-16-2009, 05:52 AM #4
Or this works also: http://www.richmondgear.com/101032.html
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08-16-2009, 06:05 AM #5
I bought the rearend used and I didn't bother to count the teeth before having the rearend rebuilt, but I'm sure they were 3.73's. Is the programming wrong? What should the tire height be for a stock 16" tire?
1998 Trans Am, A4, SLP Loudmouth I, US Exotics WS9 ram air hood, Volant intake, 3.23's, 70k miles
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08-16-2009, 06:17 AM #6
Easy way to check your ratio:
Block your front wheels and jack up the back of your car. Support the rear on jackstands to allow you enough room to get under the car. Take a piece of chalk or a crayon and place a mark on your wheel where it is easy to see, preferably, staight up and down. Now place a mark on your driveshaft or the rear flange and a matching mark on your differential. Again, somewhere easy to see and where you can line up the marks.
Place your transmission in neutral and begin rotating your driveshaft, counting the number of shaft revolutions it takes to make your rear tire go around one complete revolution. If you have 3.73 gears, your driveshaft should make approximatelty 3-3/4 revolutions to make your tire rotate once.
It's easy to approximate it in this manner as the next lowest standard ratios are 3.42 and then 3.23. There should be sufficient margin for error that you will not confuse these as it is almost a 1/2 turn of the driveshaft difference.
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08-16-2009, 07:41 AM #7
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08-16-2009, 08:06 AM #8
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08-16-2009, 08:09 AM #9
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that could make some difference. the rpms will be correct, but the car thinks its traveling farther than it is with each tire revolution and shows a higher mph than you are actually doing. but that would mean your rpms are even higher compared to a given speed, if you correct the tire size issue. no, wait a minute. the car is using 25" so the mph will read lower than you are actually traveling. if you correct the tire size input it will read higher mph thus giving you a lower rpm reading at an indicated speed. sorry, i confused myself. in other words, you show2k rpms at an indicated 50mph, but you are actually going faster than 50.
Last edited by dklowrider; 08-16-2009 at 03:51 PM.
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08-16-2009, 04:57 PM #13
What should it be exactly on a Hypertech? It lists 25.XX", so 2 decimal places.
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08-16-2009, 05:04 PM #14
What size tire is stock? Width, Aspect, and Size.
Or simply use this website to figure it out..
http://www.ringpinion.com/Calc_RPM.aspx
Bottom of the page is the tire height calculator.
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08-16-2009, 07:34 PM #15
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08-17-2009, 04:08 AM #16
I would use the 25.75, that way you should only be off by 1/2 to 1 MPH on the slow side.
SteveC
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08-17-2009, 08:24 PM #17
Changing the tire height to 25.75 seemed to make a big difference. Now at 50 mph, I'm at about 1800 rpms. I also adjusted the shift points and that seemed to help it shift better.
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