RE: [TR] Gear Ratios (General Automotive Question)

["Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>]

> I've recently found the term "Final Drive" used in both OE literature and
> conversation to mean the rear end ratio only. I've always considered
> the "final
> drive" ratio to mean a function of the top transmission gear and the  rear
> axle ratio.

I agree with the first usage.  Multiplying all the ratios together results in
"overall ratio", not "final ratio".  The differential is the last (final) gear
ratio, regardless of what goes before it.

Randall


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