drainoil
drainoil Reader
4/4/13 3:46 p.m.

How, if at all, freeway worthy, would a 4.72 rear gear be in a smallblock v8 coupled to an auto trans with overdrive?. This is an '89 f150 with 35 inch tires. Any ballpark idea on rpms at say, 60 mph?

Appleseed
Appleseed PowerDork
4/4/13 4:54 p.m.

This should get you started.

RPM calculator, yo!

Toyman01
Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
4/4/13 5:08 p.m.

FWIW

My 94, 460, 4.10 gears, E4OD, turns about 1900-2000 rpms at 60.

iceracer
iceracer UberDork
4/4/13 5:53 p.m.

Depends on the OD ratio.

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