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Hey all,
It's time for me to regear again. For various reasons I don't have my high stall torque converter anymore, which was helping me turn my 33" tires. The truck feels mismatched again and I need to regear.
I have 3.73 gears now, which are about equal to the 3.27 stockers I had. However, the larger tires and rims are much heavier and create more drag so the truck feels like a dog.
Putting in 4.10s would put me close to a stock 3.73 ratio,
and 4.56s would put me close to a stock 4.10 ratio. So my question is to those with 4.10s stock with stock sized tires, or those with 33s and 4.56s: how does the truck feel on the highway? I often go fast on the highway and don't want to be pushing really high RPMs. I want to be able to cruise at 80 mph comfortably, but still be able to go up to 100 or so without redlining the motor. The lower gears would obviously make wheeling and city driving easier, but I'm just concerned with pulling too many RPMs on the highway. I'm guessing I'd pull around 3200 in OD at 80 mph which isn't too bad. However, faster than that and I'd be ragging on the motor. I guess I need to ask myself, "How often do you go 100?" not very much I guess, though I pass people at 90 all the time. But at 90 the RPMs would still be bearable.
So did I just type this long post and answer my own question? Lower is always better, right?
But I'd like to hear your opinions on this. Thanks!
It's time for me to regear again. For various reasons I don't have my high stall torque converter anymore, which was helping me turn my 33" tires. The truck feels mismatched again and I need to regear.
I have 3.73 gears now, which are about equal to the 3.27 stockers I had. However, the larger tires and rims are much heavier and create more drag so the truck feels like a dog.
Putting in 4.10s would put me close to a stock 3.73 ratio,
and 4.56s would put me close to a stock 4.10 ratio. So my question is to those with 4.10s stock with stock sized tires, or those with 33s and 4.56s: how does the truck feel on the highway? I often go fast on the highway and don't want to be pushing really high RPMs. I want to be able to cruise at 80 mph comfortably, but still be able to go up to 100 or so without redlining the motor. The lower gears would obviously make wheeling and city driving easier, but I'm just concerned with pulling too many RPMs on the highway. I'm guessing I'd pull around 3200 in OD at 80 mph which isn't too bad. However, faster than that and I'd be ragging on the motor. I guess I need to ask myself, "How often do you go 100?" not very much I guess, though I pass people at 90 all the time. But at 90 the RPMs would still be bearable.
So did I just type this long post and answer my own question? Lower is always better, right?
But I'd like to hear your opinions on this. Thanks!