[bear]

Guys, a 3.18:1 may not get the gas mileage a 3.44:1 does. Note I said may. My reasoning is, the motor may not have the HP to push the car fast enuff at a lower throttle setting that would equate to the same speed with the 3.44:1. Now for an example, my Honda SL-90 with stock gearing of 14:56, that is a 14 tooth counter shaft sprocket out of the tranny to a 56 tooth rear wheel sprocket got a top speed of 55 MPH on a flat road. The same bike with a 13:70 a week later got 70 MPH. The lower gearing got the engine to turn higher RPM which put it closer to the power band for more HP, thus the power to overcome wind resistance and went faster. I hope I explained it well enuff to understand.

 

[bear]

Darn Jeff, did I see a little dig in the ribs there? Honest, I'm still working on Willit? I think it would be neat to see what mileage I'll get with it when I'm done. That is after I get the fun driving out of my system. An interesting aside here, I got better mileage in my 72 Dodge full size one ton van after I replaced the stock 318 with a full blown go fast 340 out of a Road Runner built by Chrysler Racing in LA.

 

[bear]

O.K we're getting a bit off topic, but I had to respond to both you guys.

Jeff that was my attempt at a bit of levity. As you all know every one likes a little bit of levity, and I have as little as any one.

Gene, it wasn't that I didn't have a big enuff shoehorn, it's just that the engine and tranny grew some and put stretch marks in the engine bay, so I cut them out and made it look purdy again.