odd ball

[littlezell]

was looking for parts for my 96 exploder and I came up on front and rear diff and it has 327 gear ratio??? thought they were 3.50 or 3.55??

 

[The Jester Race]

Standard factory ratios
3.08
3.27
3.55
3.73
4.10

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/Axles.html

 

[adsm08]

I am starting to learn that in 4.0 equipped vehicles 3.27 gears were disturbingly common.

 

[littlezell]

cool thanks for the infomation.... the guy at the scrap yard seems to think that its odd...lol well he hasnt seen many of them..

 

[greasemonkey6886]

Tons of those here in Savannah Ga. with that ratio.

 

[adsm08]

cool thanks for the infomation.... the guy at the scrap yard seems to think that its odd...lol well he hasnt seen many of them..

They were like electronic-shift 4x4, far more common than they were desirable.

 

[4x4junkie]

Yup.
Not sure what Ford's thinking was with those gears... They are waay too tall for any MPG benefit, forget about the towing of trailers or for anything else... Maybe it was to encourage the planned obsolescence of the vehicle's transmission?

 

[adsm08]

Yup.
Not sure what Ford's thinking was with those gears... They are waay too tall for any MPG benefit, forget about the towing of trailers or for anything else... Maybe it was to encourage the planned obsolescence of the vehicle's transmission?

No, it was to make the EPA numbers look better on paper. Problem is EPA numbers are calculated as a 60 MPH cruise with no wind, on a level surface.

 

[JoshT]

with no wind

Here I was thinking they were calculated with a tail wind.

 

[4x4junkie]

Yet the vehicle actually got worse MPG with those gears than if it had 3.55 or even 3.73 gears (especially if it has an automatic).

Government is such a wonderful thing at times...

 

[littlezell]

nice info...

 

[trail B2]

I bought a junk 92 explorer for the 5 speed it had the 3:27 gears too.

 

[509lifted]

my 92 has 3:27s and it sucks

 

[4.0B2]

I seem to see a lot more 3.27's(open) in the 4 wheel drives and 3.73's(limited slip) in the 2 wheel drives.

doesn't make ANY cents to me at all!!!

 

[littlezell]

The Tags are long gone off mine but I think my 96 has those gears.....it sucks cuzz it hates hills.....