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Date:         Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:20:34 -0600
Reply-To:     Ralph Meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Ralph Meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Silly idea?
Comments: To: mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
In-Reply-To:  <52FA6E2C.3060406@cox.net>
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I may have to custom ratio 1-4th? To best suit my needs, 3500-3800 rpm @ 60 mph is my target

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy On Feb 11, 2014 12:38 PM, "mark drillock" <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> At least it is easier than swapping trannys back and forth. > > I have owned a bunch of 82 diesel vans so I have swapped back and forth > between DZ and DK more than a few times. It makes a pretty dramatic > difference. Until recently 215/75/15 was my tire of choice so I have > swapped wheels of that size back and forth as well. That wheel change > makes less than half the difference that the tranny swap makes. I > suspect that once he has the larger wheels on that they will tend to > stay on if he keeps the low geared DZ tranny. A combination of the > larger wheels and a taller DK makes things too tall at times even for > 1.9D and 1.9TD so I recommend against that. > > Mark > > Robert Fisher wrote: > >> The whole scheme sounds like a plan to never take the boat camping ... >> which is what would happen with me if I had to swap out all four wheels >> every time I wanted to do that. : / >> >>


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