Ah ha, so I do have a 2.85 as I suspected. Mine's a late '92 build.

So I have the tallest final drive with the weakest engine. Sounds like a fantasic combination I actually do like it....its quite fun to drive. I had driven it with the 2.3 gasser too, its certainly slower now....with almost half as many horses available.

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