Gearing Question about 2000 off road package
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Gearing Question about 2000 off road package
I have a slightly modified 2000 off road edition. I currently run wide steel wheels, and 32" tires, I've also added a winch and a new bumper, the winch and bumper far outweigh the stock one. I was wondering 1.) what is my stock gearing? I believe that I have 4.11 but I couldn't find an exact answer in my googling, 2.) would the performance gains from moving up to 4.56 gears be worth it? wear on tranny without gearing etc? I know that usually 32" tires are not that big of a change to cause a large amount of wear and power loss but with the extra weight in the front and extra rotating weight I want to make sure I'm doing what's right for the truck. Thank you for any advice, or direction to any post that answers these questions for me.
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So I googled just the axle code and I do have 4.10 gears stock. (thank you OTRtech) So, the same question about my performance exists; if I don't care to up-size my tires would the benefits of gearing to 4.56 outweigh the downfalls? Or should I just stay at 4.10s?
Thank you for the advice black mamba, did you do any heavy towing with the 4.56s and 32s? Any steep incline crawl? I'm usually cruising at about highway speeds where I live, but I would forgo loss there if it made my vehicle more capable in towing and power.
Thank you for the advice black mamba, did you do any heavy towing with the 4.56s and 32s? Any steep incline crawl? I'm usually cruising at about highway speeds where I live, but I would forgo loss there if it made my vehicle more capable in towing and power.
Last edited by jtkonieczny; 11-14-2011 at 01:23 PM.
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