3:73 vs 4:10 Gears
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I have an '05 Z-71 crew cab with 6" lift on with 33" tires. It currently has a 3.42 gear in it, which seemed underpowered even before the lift. In the last several months, I have been getting a loud sqeaking noise from the front differential, so... if I am going to have to have it rebuilt, I am thinking about going with either a 3.73 or 4.10 gear. I understand that I will have to do both the front and rear. My question is, as this is a daily driver, mostly highway, how much of a difference in gas mileage am I going to see, better or even worse? When I put the lift on it with the larger tires, it obviously hurt the MPG and also the power, just wondering which gear will be best.
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I have an '05 Z-71 crew cab with 6" lift on with 33" tires. It currently has a 3.42 gear in it, which seemed underpowered even before the lift. In the last several months, I have been getting a loud sqeaking noise from the front differential, so... if I am going to have to have it rebuilt, I am thinking about going with either a 3.73 or 4.10 gear. I understand that I will have to do both the front and rear. My question is, as this is a daily driver, mostly highway, how much of a difference in gas mileage am I going to see, better or even worse? When I put the lift on it with the larger tires, it obviously hurt the MPG and also the power, just wondering which gear will be best.
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Here's a cool link if you want to factor gear ratio/ rpm/speed...
http://www.powerblocktv.com/resources/
http://www.powerblocktv.com/resources/
Last edited by bigsapper; Oct 24, 2013 at 05:24 PM.





