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Old Jul 7, 2012 | 11:11 PM
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My friend has been saying his 94 5 speed S10 4 banger has no power.... And of course he seems to be lost to why this is . Any way i checked his RPO codes and the truck list his rear diff code as a GT4 (3.73) rear gear, However today i had the truck in the air doing is brakes i marked both the drive shaft and tire and rotated the drive shaft about 2 1/4 times to one full tire rotation . This made no sense to me so i checked it two more times and each time i spun the drive shaft about 2 1/4 times to one full tire roation. This would mean the axle ratio would be somthing like a 2.23

What the hell is going on here guys because i am lost.
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Has he put bigger tires on it? A taller tire will effectively make the gear ratio numerically lower.
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NO. He is running stock tires. And this is a rotation test so the tire should still turn one time per x amount of given gear.
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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by cbr600rx7
NO. He is running stock tires. And this is a rotation test so the tire should still turn one time per x amount of given gear.
It's the differential. You need to turn BOTH tires or it's 1/2 the ratio. So, half of 3.73 is 1.865.

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