Gearing question
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nashville67
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wht size tire are u ruin 529s on stock tires your gonna run outta power quick 529s are great for daily driving if you running 35s or taller tires
Bad_Vision
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yup tires will dictate useability.
BucknutBob
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4.88s are the preferred gearing with 33s--it would run similar to stock, and keep your speedo closer. Also, I would dump those lift blocks and get some proper springs--you're asking for trouble with those.
KidVermicious
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If you're an automatic, you might find you like 5.29's and 33's. If you're a manual, 4.88's will fall better in the "stock" range.
If you're on 4.10's now with 33's, wow, you're gonna notice a difference.
If you're on 4.10's now with 33's, wow, you're gonna notice a difference.
fourwd1
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OK, if you have torsion bars, you have IFS. So if you're buying solid axles, you must be planning a SAS?
That means later you'll have plenty of room for taller tires that will match the 5.29 gears even better.
So get them.
thatoneguy
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Depends on what size tires. If you're on stock size tires, you'll have tons of power, but you'll be crusing like 4000-4500rpm at freeway speeds.
BucknutBob
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A big fat agreement with Hyde's post--808, your truck will NOT like you if you shift into 4WD with two different gear ratios. Basically, the truck will be trying to turn one axle faster than the other, and when the tires won't allow that to happen, the transfer case will say "bye-bye" and make a lot of expensive crunching noises.
fourwd1
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No, it's not safe.
KidVermicious
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With an auto, 5.29 and 33s is the closest you're going to get to stock gearing. If you drop to 4.56 you'll hate it.
I have a 95 V6 AUTO and I installed 5:29 gearing in the back and was going to put in the front. 15x12 alcoas wrapped with 33x12.5 wrangler MT.
I need this truck to be a daily driver and with Hawaii's increasing gas prices..($4.30 87)..I was thinking to put 4:56 gearing?
what you guys think?
aloha
I need this truck to be a daily driver and with Hawaii's increasing gas prices..($4.30 87)..I was thinking to put 4:56 gearing?
what you guys think?
aloha
KidVermicious
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You'd need to check your VIN to see what your truck came with stock. It depends on the tire size and whether or not you had the tow package, I believe.
Gear size has nothing to do with engine power, and everything to do with the balance of torque and horsepower you can put to the pavement. The higher your gear ratio, the more torque you'll have available at the tires, but the more RPM you'll be turning at a given speed. When you increase the size of your tires above stock, you are effectively lowering your final gear ratio, and need to compensate by running a higher ratio in your differentials. Years and years of people running 33s with your engine and transmission combo have come to the consensus that 5.29 gears are best for that tire size - 4.88s would give you slightly lower RPMs at speed, but would also make the truck feel sluggish off the line because of the loss of torque. 4.56s would likely bring the suck.
