Constant power ideas?

[shooterdude199]

Hey everybody. Well I have 33's on their way and I just realized once they are on I know that I could prolly outrun my truck only cause I'm a 2wd. Well anyways I'm looking for ways to gain power. I'm looking at constant power. No nitrous or anything like that. Anything good for the money? And what would it take to turbo an explorer? I saw a really nice one on here, turboed. What All would it take. Not expecting almost no work haha and I hope I'm not sounding like a kid with this I'm just looking for some more power to push these big ol honkin 33s thanks everybody

 

[XLT]

Regearing would be the best bang for the buck at this point depending on your gear ration. Other ideas would be a tuner or underdrive pullies. Supercharging or throwing a turbo on you are going to be looking at a few grand depending. Even though one guy did turbo charge his truck for only 100 dollars and made custom tubing for it.

 

[aklmfreak]

i vote rear axle gears as well. if you're running 3.73:1 like me you could benefit from dropping down to 4.10:1 or whatever the next highest number above yours would be. plus it could help cancel out the incorrect reading your speedometer gives you with your taller tires (depending on how big the difference is based on the tires vs. the new gear ratio) i believe the rear axle gear swap would be the "proper" way to compensate for power lost by increasing tire size. if your new, shorter gears match the difference caused by your larger tires, your performance should be ROUGHLY identical to when you had smaller tires but taller gears.

 

[trj360]

There was recently an article in an off road magazine about regearing vs. bolting on "go fast" parts, and the data showed that for the cost of all those parts, a regear (which cost less) gave more of a performance boost. IMO gears should come before any other upgrade, such as tunes, intakes, etc. It's also easier on your transmission. Running 33s, I'd recommend at minimum 4.10 gears, ideally 4.56. Then once your drivetrain is squared away, go for engine upgrades. They will help you more when they aren't fighting your gears.

 

[shooterdude199]

well what would i have to do to change the gear ratio?

 

[trj360]

well what would i have to do to change the gear ratio?

You or a shop would have to change the gears...

 

[XLT]

You would need the the gears in the axles switched out. If you have 2wd then just the back one needs to be done while for 4wd both front and back axles need to be switched. It is something you can do on your own but you would need to read up on it becuase it isnt just as easy as taking out the old and throwing in the news one from what i read. Otherwise a shop can do this for a couple hundred i think.

 

[shooterdude199]

sounds like a good plan. where could i get the gears? or would they have to be like custom made and the whole 9 yards?

 

[XLT]

Some one should chime in but i believe you should have the ford 8.8 rear end. Nothing needs to be be custom made. Check out summit racing, jcwhitney, or do a search for the best price. You could also check ebay. If you have it done at the garage they would be able aquire the gears on their own.

 

[chance942]

sounds like a good plan. where could i get the gears? or would they have to be like custom made and the whole 9 yards?

Don't take this the wrong way duders but going by the questions you are asking YOU shouldn't be looking into doing this by yourself.

Changing out gears can be VERY hard,time consuming and frustarating if you've never done it before. Not to mention you could do it all wrong and be out some serious bills. It is not for the beginner.

 

[shooterdude199]

i can agree with that only because i have a small set of tools... thanks for the replies everybody very helpful!

 

[trj360]

i can agree with that only because i have a small set of tools... thanks for the replies everybody very helpful!

An extremely ballparked figure for a gear swap at a shop would be $1000 if you have 4wd, about half if you only are 2wd. (one less set of gears you need). Of course shops in different places can have wildly different prices. Depending on your gear ratio now, that would be a very worthwhile investment.

 

[shooterdude199]

well then this will be my next investment

 

[trj360]

well then this will be my next investment

Find out what gear ratio you have already. This will give you an idea of how much a new set of gears will help you out.

 

[gijoecam]

Find out what gear ratio you have already. This will give you an idea of how much a new set of gears will help you out.

And to answer what I'm sure will be his next question....

Check the door sticker inside the driver's door jamb for the axle code, then search for the axle code list here on the site to find out which one you have.

If the sticker is missing, look at the metal tag on the rear axle diff cover and search for the tag information here on this site.

 

[Axial32]

Cold air intake, new diamond fire sparkplugs, plug wires, etc...