frankenbuggy06 wrote:
is first gear longer than a 3 rib first gear?
I guess you mean taller?
The 3-rib has a 3.80 1st gear (most anyway), with a 5:38 R&P. If you multiply this you get 20.44 for the final drive ratio (it takes 20.44 turns of the input shaft to turn the tires over once (in 1st gear). The THING trans usually has a 3.78 1st (although some may have a 3.80-not much difference either way), BUT has a 4.12 R&P (most). If you multiply this you get 15.57. This is a pretty big jump and it only gets worse in the rest of the gears, lol The thing trans is really good as it has the late internals and stronger 9-tooth 1st gear BUT has the lower R&P instead of the 3.88 that most late model IRS transmissions have.