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Um thats not exactly how it works. If you decrease your gear ratio by 10% you are decreasing the force put to the ground by 10% in top gear.
However you will also run the same speed at a lower rpm, and when you approach redline, lower rpm's have more torque which would increase the force put to the ground.
Whether or not installing a taller rear end would actually help you get a higher top speed or not, is going to depend on what kind of mods the engine has.
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no, actually Duffman I am not wrong. It is true that you can increase top speed by putting in taller gears. I already knew about the less or more Torque statement you are trying to correct me with but you are the one that has it off sligtly not me.
A classic example of what I am talking about is to compare a 1971 Datsun pickup to a 1971 Datsun 510. The pickup used the same engine as the 510 and was comparable in weight .
The truck used a 4.21 final drive and the car used a 3.90 both engines put out 96hp . Oh yeah just to let you know the 510 weighed in at 2000lbs . Now the truck would top out at 85-90 miles an hour due to the gearing and the car would top out at 110.
Now having owned a 510 2 door and having a friend who owned the truck this was an actual proven example. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='
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