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Let's talk rear ends! :) 444-544

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posted by  Gary L on  Thu Nov 6 07:39 CST 2014
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You're correct... 50/11 means a 4.55:1 rear end ratio, stock gears for the B16 powered 444/544 series.

The B18 powered 544's had a higher (numerically lower) ratio, at 4.10:1. Swapping to that ratio would obviously give you about 10% lower RPM at any given cruising speed, but at a cost of slightly slower acceleration. And incidentally, I'd wager you would also end up with a couple of mph lower top speed. But the latter is probably not a real issue, now is it? :)

And BTW, I'm pretty sure you can't simply take the gears out of a later 544 and put them in your earlier housing... I believe they're entirely different rear axle assemblies.
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