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Vintage Racer Newbie
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Posted: Dec 23 2010 at 12:27am | IP Logged
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2003 Frontier 5 speed At 70 MPH, my engine is buzzing 3000RPM. At that speed I get 17MPG. Would like better. At 65 MPH, the enging is still spinning at 2800 RPM but the mileage is quite a bit better @ 19mpg.
At the loss of low speed "grunt", I would be interested in a higher speed ring&pinion that would keep the RPM's down around 1000RPM's at 70. If I recall correctly, the rrear gear I have now is something like 4:288/1. Is there something in the NISMO catalogs that show around a 3.5/1?
I may adapt a 9" Ford in there for gets and shiggles!
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Boomer Senior Member
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Posted: Dec 23 2010 at 5:47am | IP Logged
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Have you tried Randy's Ring and Pinion???
__________________ 2007 Nissan Frontier SE 4X4
Crew Cab, short bed,
2003 Saturn L-300 sedan
2013 VW Passat TDI
State College, PA
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Vintage Racer Newbie
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Posted: Dec 23 2010 at 8:39am | IP Logged
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Boomer wrote:
Have you tried Randy's Ring and Pinion??? |
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Yes and no luck
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Boomer Senior Member
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Posted: Dec 23 2010 at 2:58pm | IP Logged
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I am no expert at all in this area. But I would call Courtesy Nissan Parts (Google them) down in Texas and talk to those folks. They would probably know. Or got to some of the Nissan sites for off-roaders and pose this question.
__________________ 2007 Nissan Frontier SE 4X4
Crew Cab, short bed,
2003 Saturn L-300 sedan
2013 VW Passat TDI
State College, PA
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