I started Driving my Pickup again and I got to wondering. What the hell is with my gear ratio. I have a 22RE in a 92 P/U so Im assuming that I have a W56 transmission. So it must I must have some alternate differentials in there. The guy who I bought it from wanted to make it a rock crawler.

I went to this site

http://www.grimmjeeper.com/gears.html

and used the W56 tranny. and the only way for the RPMs to match the speed was to change the differential ratio to 5.6. 50 MPH (had a pace car) at 2500 RPMs

Does that even make sense to find a differential that low or am I doing something wrong. The RPMs are just to freaking high on the freeway

 

It could have 5.71's...

 

5.71. Those numbers work. man does that not work for a daily driver

 

Put some big tires on to compensate for the low gears or change them.

 

You couldn't ask for a better reason for larger tires.