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by Da Chad
Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:31 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: T700 Auto install, gear ratio issue
Replies: 20
Views: 872

Re: T700 Auto install, gear ratio issue

Also the tacho is a "super cheap" speacil till I get the car running properly. But your correct there is a difference in the sound a car puts out between 5k and 2.5K. Im sure it was closer to the 5K mark.

Again Il get the car going in the next few days and get back to you.
by Da Chad
Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:24 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: T700 Auto install, gear ratio issue
Replies: 20
Views: 872

Re: T700 Auto install, gear ratio issue

Hey guys. I have been to the mechanics just to check to see if I had a brain explosion and had the transfer case in low range. Its not! I haven't driven the car for a few months and just maybe when I drove it,it was in low range. Im gettn the radiator back in the car in the next few days. Il get bac...
by Da Chad
Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:11 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: T700 Auto install, gear ratio issue
Replies: 20
Views: 872

Re: T700 Auto install, gear ratio issue

In reponse to "simkell" you pose a valid arguement, is there any thing else you think that may affect the ratios besides the obvious, like tire size?
by Da Chad
Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:01 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: T700 Auto install, gear ratio issue
Replies: 20
Views: 872

Re: T700 Auto install, gear ratio issue

thanks for all the responses, im only new to this forum thing,its gud. I found out that the diff ratios in the front and rear are 4.3:1. And Im deffinatly getting all the gears. I brought a flogged out box, they are hard to get hold of when they are mechanically driven, bloody hell.Iv had it all reb...
by Da Chad
Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:16 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: T700 Auto install, gear ratio issue
Replies: 20
Views: 872

Re: T700 Auto install, gear ratio issue

If you look at going the Ford 9" route, get the outers of some Dana-60's and run 35-spline 9" centre. With a little planning you should be able to get off the shelf axles from the US to fit in as the D60 comes in a heap of widths and pumpkin offsets. Hi9 do a high pinion front which will ...
by Da Chad
Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:14 pm
Forum: Cruiser / Prado
Topic: T700 Auto install, gear ratio issue
Replies: 20
Views: 872

T700 Auto install, gear ratio issue

Fellas Iv got a dual cab Hilux and Iv put a 350 chev under the bonet and running it through a turbo 700 auto 4 speed gear box, the issue I now have, going from a manual to a auto is that my gear ratios are out by a long way. Im doing 5k in top gear and doing 80km/hr, very frustrating! I had a few id...