Originally posted by SirSpeedy
Actually these statements are complementary.
A numerically lower ratio would be achieved by running a larger pinion gear.
Rubbish - the gear ratio gets higher as you increase the pinion gear size, lower if you increase the spur.
Eg
Going up 5 teeth from a 22 tooth pinion to a 27 tooth on a TC3 using a stock 72 tooth spur:
= 1:8.18 (with 22 pinion) to 1:6.67 (with 27 pinion)
1:6.67 being a higher ratio than 1:8.18
The statement was contradictary, as is your post also.
Why is it that even with all today's information available with modern instruction manuals, internet websites and forums that gear ratios still cause so much confusion?
Guess we'll never know......
