How to tell the gear ratio in a 87 Chevy truck

How To: Tell the Gear Ratio

This weekend my dad and I worked on the rear end of my truck and we need to know the gear ratio of it so that we could get a front end that matched. The reason a front end has to match up with the rear end is because if the gears are different sizes then the drive trains are going to be spinning at different speeds and that will end up breaking them or the transmission.

For the type of truck that I have there is a couple of different gear ratios that you can have, the way that you can find this out is by jacking up the rear or the front of the truck and spinning the tire. While spinning the tire you need to have marks on the drive train. So whenever you you spin the wheel you will count how many times the yoke spins for example if the yoke is just over 4.0 then your gear ratio would most likely be 4.10


Even though this blog is just about a Chevrolet truck it can be used universally on most vehicles that were built before 1999. The reason for this is because most vehicles now a days are more high tech and most likely still have the ratio on the title.


When ever people think of working on their on cars they often think that it will be too difficult or they don't really want to invest the time into learning how to do it but after reading this article I hope that it helps your if you ever need help with thid type of project.



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New Chevrolet BiFuel trucks

General Motors have recently released  a new series of trucks that will have a new and revolutionary way to save money on fuel. What they are doing is installing a tank that will hold compressed natural gas or CNG the estimated cost of this fuel is about $1.89 per gallon. The engine that will he using this new fuel source is going to be a 6.0 liter V8 Vortec. One of the set backs to this new equipment is that it costs $11,000 on top of the original price of the truck. Even though this is pricey it will make up for it after about 80,000 miles, this amount of miles on gas alone would cost about $21,300 but with the compressed natural gas it would only be $10,080.

The technology that is incorporated into the trucks allows it to transition between gasoline and CNG without having to get out of the truck and get under the hood. Although this is a cheap alternative to gas you need to consider your location, such as if there is a station that you can refuel at and if you are going to be able to keep both tanks refueled.

Math aside, there are other positives and negatives to running a vehicle on compressed natural gas. If you have a station locally and want to do your part for the environment, CNG could be the way to go. But as we've seen in the past, many consumers are likely to do only what's required and not much more. Keeping the CNG tank full in addition to the standard fuel tank might just be a little too much to ask.

Says a writer from www.autoweek.com 

Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120418/CARNEWS/120419821#ixzz1t0s5VJno

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Picture of the Chevrolet BiFuel Truck and the container that holds the fuel.

Camaro ZL1

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Picture of a Camaro ZL1
This spring General Motors will release the new version of the 69 Camaro zl1. The reason this car is so special is that when they were first produced there was only 69. What makes them better is that instead of a regular stock engine the were equipped with an all aluminum engine.

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Picture of the ZL1's engine.
With Ford’s recent release of the new Boss 302 Mustang General Motors will quickly follow up with the remake of this classic car. But other than the different body style other different modifications have been added to it such as Magnetic Ride. This is addition will make the zl1 be able to turn sharper and harder at greater speeds, also it will give it a smoother ride.

“The 2012 Camaro ZL1 is the highest-performing production Camaro of all time.” says an excited General Motors executive and I truly believe that this is true. I cannot even begin to describe all of the special features this car has but here is a  link to some videos that will show you all of the specs and details of these. http://www.chevrolet.com/camaro-zl1-performance-sports-car/#videos

American Muscle
April 3rd 2012


Over the years cars have been modified to fit the needs of the people that are going to be driving them. There are many things cars can be built for, for example if your have a large family you will want a car that can carry all of the family without making extra trips or driving more than one car. 


Because there is so many different ways to modify a car or truck i decided to put this into a blog. The reason for this is that I am interested in this is that you can make so many different modifications and depending on which ones you put on it you can change how it runs and the gas mileage. 


But a souped up car and a muscle car are two completely different things. For example a muscle car in my definition it a car that was made before the 80’s and has a big block motor, my favorite muscle cars are the Chevrolet Camaro and the Chevrolet Chevelle my favorite year for the camaro’s are 67, this is when General Motors first began to produce this car. To compete with this new type of automobile Ford released the Mustang and this quickly caused a war between the two companies to make the best muscle car.





67 Camaro 
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