| Gears, gears, gears
Sam,
I bet the Chevy has nothing close to the 4:10 axle of the Dodge. And your mileage statement kind of bears that out.
About 25 years agos an instructor in an automotive class I took stated he was sure that a 4hp Briggs and Stratton could be enough power to pull anything given a trans with enough gears and a torque converter.
In the 60's GM had a 2 speed auto trans. Now look at the state of affairs in transmissions. 5 speed automatics. Lock up torque converters. Axle ratios from 2.9's in the early 80's to the high 3's and 4's.
Gears, gears, and more gears.
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