Originally Posted by poorboy
My opening point was, many new to the automotive world, or those that have not been taught better, believe that a rear end gear in the 4:00 something (4:10, 4:88) is a high rear end gear (big numbers) and that a rear end gear in the 2:00 something (2:45 or 2:76) is a low rear end gear (low numbers) when in fact both of these statements are incorrect. A 4:00 something rear end gear is considered a low gear ratio and a 2:00 something rear end gear is considered a high rear end gear. We need to be sure people learn these things correctly, and if they don't hear it from us, who would they hear it from?


Indeed a 4:10 is a high numeric ratio while also being a low gear in application and 2:76 is a low numeric ratio while also being a high gear in application.