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tomsfe64

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Rear gear ratio
« on: March 20, 2016, 09:43:46 AM »
Jay, what rear gear do you run in your 64 cammer galaxie and how tall are the tires?

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Re: Rear gear ratio
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2016, 11:01:59 AM »
I ran 4.56 gears and a 28" tall street tire, 29.5" drag tire.  Of course, I also had the Gear Vendors overdrive in that car, so with the overdrive engaged the rear end gear equivalent ratio was 3.55.
Jay Brown
- 1969 Mach 1, Drag Week 2005 Winner NA/BB, 511" FE (10.60s @ 129); Drag Week 2007 Runner-Up PA/BB, 490" Supercharged FE (9.35 @ 151)
- 1964 Ford Galaxie, Drag Week 2009 Winner Modified NA (9.50s @ 143), 585" SOHC
- 1969 Shelby Clone, Drag Week 2015 Winner Modified NA (Average 8.98 @ 149), 585" SOHC