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woooo doggies!!!

i love the new gears! it is a totally different truck! just thought i would share!
 
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cool man. did you get the front and rear done today.

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cool man. did you get the front and rear done today.

Chad
na i just got the back done today......since i dont off road my truck i am not to concerned about the front right now........hopefully Big04Ranger is going to help me do the front sometime either at the end of September or first weekend of October.............i know i know i can't lock it in 4x4 because the front is a different RP, i taped the 4x4 *** off to keep from doing it....

i can already tell a difference in fuel milage and extreme difference in power................at about 80 mph, i am running about 2500 rpms.............

zabeard, how far off is your speedo do you know?
 
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If you can I would pull the front drive shaft to be safe.

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Originally Posted by lifted97ranger

zabeard, how far off is your speedo do you know?
mine is about right on at 70mph

gets a little further off at 80

at 80 im turning 3000 rpms.

75 for me is the perfect highway cruising speed, anything over 75 i get extremely low mpg. at 75 i get 17+mpg
 
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at 75 i get 17+mpg

ah you stink..really bad man..

congrats on the gears brah
 
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sweeet!..umm thanks for sharing haha
 
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higher gears better gas milage?

i dont know what i have for gears, but i get 18mpg steadly
 
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i get about 13-18
 
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Originally Posted by zabeard
mine is about right on at 70mph

gets a little further off at 80

at 80 im turning 3000 rpms.

75 for me is the perfect highway cruising speed, anything over 75 i get extremely low mpg. at 75 i get 17+mpg
yea mine is about right on at 70mph........at 80 i am running about 2500 rpms............i think i am getting about 16.5 mpg with the new gears....i just filled up and have drove 65miles on a little more than a 1/8 of a tank, and each 1/4 of my tanks is about 5 gallons.......
 
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better I assume?
 
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hopefully Big04Ranger is going to help me do the front sometime either at the end of September or first weekend of October

dont forget to leave some black marks on the road! i know i had too after my gears were done! lol
 
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better I assume?
oooooo yea! i was getting about 12 mpg with the 35's and 3.73's!
 
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also dosent the higher number you are running mean you have more tourqe or something along those lines

sorry the only thing i know anything about is audio systems
 
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the higher the number means it moves the torque and power lower in the rpms. when you add bigger tires, it makes take off and some driving slower so you want to go "down" in gears to get your power back.
 
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you dont get nor lose torque with gear changes, horse-power and torque are constant through everything except engine modifications...
 
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dont forget to leave some black marks on the road! i know i had too after my gears were done! lol
oooooo trust me i will..............hopefully my tranny will hold up to it......
 
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what no pictures of the install
shame on you and dont let it happen again.LOL

sweat to hear and enjoy
 
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Sweet, gears are alaways a plus.
 
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what no pictures of the install
shame on you and dont let it happen again.LOL

sweat to hear and enjoy
i didnt do the install and i was at work while they got done......lol......
 




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