i have a 6.9 diesel hooked up to an Allison AT545, what rear end gearing do i need to run??? right now i have a 3.00 rearend. 1st and 2nd are loooonng!!! and i have a RPM gauge that i got at the junk yard wondering how to wire it???

 

Never looked up the ratios before. Looks like a nice tranny. I like the tall reverse ratio.

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What is the vehicle? a bus I assume.

I would say 3.00:1 could be a good ratio to preserve highway fuel economy, but it really depends on the total weight of the vehicle. You might have to go with lower gears.

 

well the whole setup is on my 1977 F250,

 

Oh......alright then, You will love it with 3.00 gears.

Thats gonna be one hell of a rig!

 

Was it out of a diesel? If so, you will also need the sensor that mounts in the IP housing. The wiring is pretty easy. The gauge has 4 connections, 2 are grounds, as is one of the leads from the sensor, the Sens connection will go to the other lead from the sensor. The last connection is 12v+ and goes to a power source.

 

alright kool, oh and ya the tach came from a diesel,

 

how is the ground clearance with that huge trans pan?

 

Its level with the frame, and it has tha big deep pan too

 

ooh, pictures would be cool!

 

i dont know how to post pics on this forum,, i took my truck to get my exhaust done out the hood with a 5" stack, and im running banks sidewinder turbo too

 

You have a couple of options for posting pictures,

1: set up your own gallery, and upload the pictures there. Once in the gallery, you can post them in the thread by copying and pasting the "forum posting code". It will be shown as a link in your gallery below each picture.

2: if you have a file hosting account at a place like photobucket, you can post them from there.

 

Hood exhaust is highly illegal for a street vehicle in any state, keep that in mind if you ever plan on driving the beast on public roads.

 

go to photobucket.com and upload pictures then copy the img code here, we want to see this beast

 

Really its illegal??? i see some trucks have them, dnt have oics of my truck yet but i will post it up once i get my truck done guys

 

exhaust has to exit behind the b pillar on the cab for on the road use. I belive that is every state.