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petrol diffs

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:34 am
by petemg
i havespoken to an old mechanic he sayes you can put petrl diffs ore axels on a diesel rockey then when you run bigger tyres it brings the gearing back to stock is this true :? .............petemg :oops:

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:21 pm
by dai-hard
yer i think petrol diffs are 4.77:1 and diesels are 3.36:1

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:00 pm
by RockyF75
I could be wrong but I thought petrol diffs where even lower, in the 5. somethings.


I'm sure there's a calculator somewhere that can work it out, but i think it would mean you would need to run 35"s or even bigger to keep similar gearing :lol: Brings its own problems I suppose, but I would love to know of anyone that's done it.

Guards can be chopped, and wheels widened. But there's currently no decent solution to the crap gearing with anything over a 29" tire :cry:

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:28 pm
by jav
petrol centers are not as strong from what I've heard.