F*ck cold air intake and exhaust..
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sorry to say it weaser but you are wrong changing rear end gears does NOT affect your spedometer/odometer in anyway WHAT SO EVER dodges have sensors that can tell what gear ratio is in your rear end and adjusts acordingly. The only way to make your spedometer read incorrect is to put a different size tire on it. That is why my hypertech programmer only has different tire size options and not rear end ratio options. However you would be correct if this was an older model vehicle. You were simply misinformed
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sorry to say it weaser but you are wrong changing rear end gears does NOT affect your spedometer/odometer in anyway WHAT SO EVER dodges have sensors that can tell what gear ratio is in your rear end and adjusts acordingly. The only way to make your spedometer read incorrect is to put a different size tire on it. That is why my hypertech programmer only has different tire size options and not rear end ratio options. However you would be correct if this was an older model vehicle. You were simply misinformed
sorry to say it weaser but you are wrong changing rear end gears does NOT affect your spedometer/odometer in anyway WHAT SO EVER dodges have sensors that can tell what gear ratio is in your rear end and adjusts acordingly. The only way to make your spedometer read incorrect is to put a different size tire on it. That is why my hypertech programmer only has different tire size options and not rear end ratio options. However you would be correct if this was an older model vehicle. You were simply misinformed
I did my research on this before I did my gears. On all the Dakotas 98 and newer, the speed sensor reads off of the tone wheel in the rear differential, which, like i said, is not changed at all in the gear swap. On the earlier ones they read off of the transmission output sensor, but that's been updated. As 98luver said, the only thing that will mess with the speedometer and tach is larger tires, and tuners/programmers can flash for that.
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i'll say one thing in defence of red9535. now before i get yelled at and you brush me off hear me out. in some applications a gear swap WOULD IN FACT hurt your fuel mileage. BUT it obviously helped him and i believe this because he does do combined city/highway driving. Now in my truck i have a V8 with 3.55 gears and i have 31x10.50 tires and dont do anything but highway driving. With this setup i do not need a lower gear because my engine is not stressed. If i were to have a 3.9 V6 it would have a little more trouble keeping the truck rolling, I know this because even my truck doesnt hold speed going up very large hills without shifting to 4th gear. so if an engine is lugging you do need a higher rpm or else you need a much greater quantity of fuel going for each combustion to create enough power to keep the truck rolling. Every engine has its certain sweet spot and sometimes gearing needs to be changed. Changing gears in fact is NOT for everyone. But dont chew a guy out for something that worked for him. numbers dont lie This is a forum for discussion not for bashing ideas and calling people stupid
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i'll say one thing in defence of red9535. now before i get yelled at and you brush me off hear me out. in some applications a gear swap WOULD IN FACT hurt your fuel mileage. BUT it obviously helped him and i believe this because he does do combined city/highway driving. Now in my truck i have a V8 with 3.55 gears and i have 31x10.50 tires and dont do anything but highway driving. With this setup i do not need a lower gear because my engine is not stressed. If i were to have a 3.9 V6 it would have a little more trouble keeping the truck rolling, I know this because even my truck doesnt hold speed going up very large hills without shifting to 4th gear. so if an engine is lugging you do need a higher rpm or else you need a much greater quantity of fuel going for each combustion to create enough power to keep the truck rolling. Every engine has its certain sweet spot and sometimes gearing needs to be changed. Changing gears in fact is NOT for everyone. But dont chew a guy out for something that worked for him. numbers dont lie This is a forum for discussion not for bashing ideas and calling people stupid
i'll say one thing in defence of red9535. now before i get yelled at and you brush me off hear me out. in some applications a gear swap WOULD IN FACT hurt your fuel mileage. BUT it obviously helped him and i believe this because he does do combined city/highway driving. Now in my truck i have a V8 with 3.55 gears and i have 31x10.50 tires and dont do anything but highway driving. With this setup i do not need a lower gear because my engine is not stressed. If i were to have a 3.9 V6 it would have a little more trouble keeping the truck rolling, I know this because even my truck doesnt hold speed going up very large hills without shifting to 4th gear. so if an engine is lugging you do need a higher rpm or else you need a much greater quantity of fuel going for each combustion to create enough power to keep the truck rolling. Every engine has its certain sweet spot and sometimes gearing needs to be changed. Changing gears in fact is NOT for everyone. But dont chew a guy out for something that worked for him. numbers dont lie This is a forum for discussion not for bashing ideas and calling people stupid
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I just read this entire thread.. and when i got done i was so into it, it felt like i was watching a movie or somthing. Wow...
I just read this entire thread.. and when i got done i was so into it, it felt like i was watching a movie or somthing. Wow...
so whatever, it's all good.
