new gears for bigger tires?
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From: cherry,il
hey guys, when my truck gets paint on it and i put my new 37" tires on it, would i be smart to upgrade to a set of 4:10 gears from my 3:55's? i think i would be better off with the 4:10s
With a gasser truck I would tell you to go for 4.56 in a heartbeat, but with the diesel, 4.10s would work with 37s. It would be a tad flat-footed with 3.54s. Our Cummins like the low rpms, but if you can't even get into OD until 70, that ends up not working out very well.
Here's a table of tire sizes and gear ratios with RPMs in 3. Take about 25% off the RPM for OD. You may have to increase the zoom of your screen to read it well.
Here's a table of tire sizes and gear ratios with RPMs in 3. Take about 25% off the RPM for OD. You may have to increase the zoom of your screen to read it well.
Last edited by glfredrick; Apr 14, 2010 at 08:45 AM.
4.10s might be good, kinda depends what your doing with it. high gears and big tires are nice rollin down the freeway but suck if your towing a lot or tryin to get rollin fast with a stick.
I will agree with the 3.54's and 37's being no fun to tow with ... and prob a good deal of broken parts to go along with it. Course if you are gonna do a good deal of heavy towing why would you put 37's on the truck?




