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Old Mar 6, 2006 | 09:49 PM
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I currently have 3.42's but plan on going into a bigger gear, so which one should i go with, 3.73's 3.90,s or just stick to my 3.42's
i will be running my current setup with the addition of the 212/218 comp cam and plan on shifting at 6500-6600 rpm's, so should i change gears or stay with my current ones
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Old Mar 6, 2006 | 10:09 PM
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Will be making a change as well. Going to put a Detroit locker and some 4.10 gears in and let her eat. Go with the bigger gears.
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Old Mar 6, 2006 | 11:04 PM
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go with the 4.10's!!! I was just like you curious about what gears to go with, I said before I wont go higher than 3.90's, and ended up going with the 4.10's!! believe me you will regret it if you dont go with 4.10's... dont listen to what people say, I just got my truck tuned today and my 4.10's @ 70mph is only 2200rpm, not bad and to tell you the truth I feel like it pulls harder on the top end, well I did do a bigger cam I would hight suggest the 4.10's for sure!!!
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 01:16 PM
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ttt....
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 02:23 PM
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go with the 4.10's!!! I was just like you curious about what gears to go with, I said before I wont go higher than 3.90's, and ended up going with the 4.10's!! believe me you will regret it if you dont go with 4.10's... dont listen to what people say, I just got my truck tuned today and my 4.10's @ 70mph is only 2200rpm, not bad and to tell you the truth I feel like it pulls harder on the top end, well I did do a bigger cam I would hight suggest the 4.10's for sure!!!
4.10's...
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 05:19 PM
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anyone else???
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 05:22 PM
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4.10's.
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ap2002
go with the 4.10's!!! I was just like you curious about what gears to go with, I said before I wont go higher than 3.90's, and ended up going with the 4.10's!! believe me you will regret it if you dont go with 4.10's... dont listen to what people say, I just got my truck tuned today and my 4.10's @ 70mph is only 2200rpm, not bad and to tell you the truth I feel like it pulls harder on the top end, well I did do a bigger cam I would hight suggest the 4.10's for sure!!!
What size tires do you run?
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 08:37 PM
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currently 255/70-16 but i am going to run a 275/50-17 in a few weeks
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 09:48 PM
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i dont know if a 3200 stall, those short tires, and 4.10`s would be a good idea.
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