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Old Jan 10, 2008
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33"s stock gears

i got a 1600mile drive home from cali today... how miserable is the drive going to be with 3.55gears and 33"s? doing 70-75mph will i be high in the RPMs?
 
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Old Jan 10, 2008
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No, I got 33's and 4.10's and kept my rpm's right around 2,300 and got 19.5 mpgs with my 3.0 on my road trip. Should be a little better on the rpms with the 3.73's.
 
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not sure, but post some pictures of the lift before you leave cali!
 
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Old Jan 10, 2008
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will be fine, you'll get better mileage too.

I should see you in an hour or so.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2008
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RJ, i may come thru austin on the way home just to show my brother as i pass thru san marcos and so i dont have to be on I-10 anymore hahah.

i can handle better gas mileage haha.
see ya soon alon, if ya read this before ya leave your work, me and my buddy are at "blakes place" off miraloma right down the road from the shop
 
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