The axle connects two or more of a vehicle's wheels to the same axis, whether on the front or back, and depending on how it's configured, the performance of your ride can vary greatly. Furthermore, ...

Vehicle speed (mph), engine speed (rpm), tire diameter (inches), trans gear ratio, and rear axle gear ratio are all interrelated. If you know four out of five of these values, you can determine what ...

Building your 4x4 can be one of the most enjoyable and rewarding adventures that you will ever take. While we understand that not everyone is a master fabricator, simply getting to know the basics of ...

Few vehicle modifications have as major an impact as changing gear ratios, and it's because your car's gear ratio directly translates to how it delivers power. Think about it: The gear ratio, or how ...

What's the deal with the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon's four-to-one (4:1) transfer case? What about those 4.10 gears in those beefy Dana 44 axles? Why is it that when people put bigger tires on their ...

It's a simple formula that most four-wheelers are intimately familiar with: The deeper your crawl ratio, the more control you have out on the trail, particularly on steep, nasty obstacles. The more ...

To make this gear ratio comparison possible, we used a car equipped with a 9-inch Ford housing and had Drivetrain Warehouse set up three centersections with 3.00, 3.50 and 4.11 gearsets. We also used ...