3.73 gears
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#11
Here ya go
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD-...spagenameZWDVW
Does anyone know how big of a job putting in 4.10's? Just in case I ever decide to do it in the future.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD-...spagenameZWDVW
Does anyone know how big of a job putting in 4.10's? Just in case I ever decide to do it in the future.
#12
I run it and it's fine.
Me and nick talked about it in pm's...but
I run 3.73's with 33's, and I'm not easy on the truck at all. I practically jumped it the other day out at 27....I thought I broke something.
I towed a trailer with 2 jetski's with my setup now.
I also loaded my bed with crap...pretty heavy.
I beat the snot out of the rear end, and it's been OK to me.
the only complaint I have is that on the hwy above like 65 it doesn't hold O/D well.
But I'm planning to swap axles
Me and nick talked about it in pm's...but
I run 3.73's with 33's, and I'm not easy on the truck at all. I practically jumped it the other day out at 27....I thought I broke something.
I towed a trailer with 2 jetski's with my setup now.
I also loaded my bed with crap...pretty heavy.
I beat the snot out of the rear end, and it's been OK to me.
the only complaint I have is that on the hwy above like 65 it doesn't hold O/D well.
But I'm planning to swap axles
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#14
yo ricky , thanks again for all your help and now its kind of hard to decide because a lot of people said its bad with the gearing.. but ricky runs it and has no complaints besides going over 65 on highway (whats O/D mean)? but i also have a older truck.. its gonna be tough too because i also cant get a tuner for my truck... im gonna give it a lot of thought though because everyone here has made a great point..any other last thoughts on this topic ?
#15
No problem man.
Like I said...
Get your tires...
Then save up and swap your rear end...you won't be dissapointed.
I don't run a tuner, you should be fine.
The only thing that I question is that your truck is almost 12yrs old, mine is 4.5yrs old. I wouldn't worry about it
When you break it, that just means you can mod it!!! (Upgrade)
BTW, O/D means overdrive...my 5th gear
Like I said...
Get your tires...
Then save up and swap your rear end...you won't be dissapointed.
I don't run a tuner, you should be fine.
The only thing that I question is that your truck is almost 12yrs old, mine is 4.5yrs old. I wouldn't worry about it
When you break it, that just means you can mod it!!! (Upgrade)
BTW, O/D means overdrive...my 5th gear
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#17
Installing gears should be left to a professional unless you know how to properly set backlash and/or have installed gears before.
It's a tedious job (so I hear) and it doesn't really cost much to have it done the right way.
The last thing you want is to mess your rear end up!!!! hahahahah
It's a tedious job (so I hear) and it doesn't really cost much to have it done the right way.
The last thing you want is to mess your rear end up!!!! hahahahah
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#22
Ok, I got some 32" tire on and I had 7.5 gear 3.73 ratio on before the tires. I don't want loss of acceleration or to make life any harder on my 3.0 than it allready is, so I just called around and got a 8.8 gear and 4.10 ratio for 292 with tax and slapped that on, even got that LS with it, and I couldn't be happier, it feels like I never got the bigger tires (except I'm higher!). I am positive you wont be happy with 33"s, 32"s or mabye even 31"s with stock gears on a 3.0, just swap out that axle, its now big deal and pretty easy.
Oh and it performs awsome offroad now, lovin the beefy tires, lift and LS. If you got a question on swapping the axle just search, there are a few threads, that is what I did.
Oh and it performs awsome offroad now, lovin the beefy tires, lift and LS. If you got a question on swapping the axle just search, there are a few threads, that is what I did.
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Originally Posted by pushdeck
Ok, I got some 32" tire on and I had 7.5 gear 3.73 ratio on before the tires. I don't want loss of acceleration or to make life any harder on my 3.0 than it allready is, so I just called around and got a 8.8 gear and 4.10 ratio for 292 with tax and slapped that on, even got that LS with it, and I couldn't be happier, it feels like I never got the bigger tires (except I'm higher!). I am positive you wont be happy with 33"s, 32"s or mabye even 31"s with stock gears on a 3.0, just swap out that axle, its now big deal and pretty easy.
Oh and it performs awsome offroad now, lovin the beefy tires, lift and LS. If you got a question on swapping the axle just search, there are a few threads, that is what I did.
Oh and it performs awsome offroad now, lovin the beefy tires, lift and LS. If you got a question on swapping the axle just search, there are a few threads, that is what I did.
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