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if you cant do 100 mph at idle you need more gear

[Mike]

5.13s on 35s seemed to be pretty dope offroad, but if you do a shitload of highway driving like me, well, I wish my RPM's were a tad lower on the highway. I get 15MPG highway which is acceptable but less than desirable. At 65, im running about 2700 or so. 5.13s and 35s. Would like it to be closer to 2300 but meh.

[Saharicon]

hmmm thats weird to me, i would run 3000 rpms at 65 with 33s and 3.07s

[Mike]

hmmm thats weird to me, i would run 3000 rpms at 65 with 33s and 3.07s

in what gear? 3rd?

I had the same setup, 33s on 307s... If I used 5th gear i was at like 1000 RPM's with no power.. I couldnt even use 5th on the highway, only 4th...

[Saharicon]

probably 3rd, my trans is a 3 speed auto

[crosbike]

you are not allowed to take out that transmission. that was put in with love

[Saharicon]

you are not allowed to take out that transmission. that was put in with love

I was going to mount it on my wall to remember the times when you use to hang out with me

[crosbike]

I was going to mount it on my wall to remember the times when you use to hang out with me

lol. seeing as u are in afghanistan and i am in utah right now i dont think thatll work.

[Saharicon]

lol. seeing as u are in afghanistan and i am in utah right now i dont think thatll work.

what part of Utah are you in? I have opportunities with my job when Im in the states to go out to Dugway/toole area.

[crosbike]

richfield utah. about 4 hours from dugway

[Even]

with lower case gears and higher axle gears it will be nice offroad, but also puts a ton of added stress on driveshafts/u joints.

Just playing the devils advocate, but lower axle gears also puts more stress on the gears themselves.

I know you are going to say you're D60 gears are holding up just fine, but I know Vetteboy has never blown a 1310 joint in over 2 years of wheeling on 4.56's, or something to that nature. Not that Vetteboy is the end all rig to base your own on, but I'm sure he's not the only person to do it.

Again, I don't really have any first hand experience on the matter, I just wanted to give Cody something to think about.

[Saharicon]

I spoke on the phone with Zach at AtoZ today and he recommended 4.88s.

[HeavyMetal]

I spoke on the phone with Zach at AtoZ today and he recommended 4.88s.

in the end, 4.88-5.13 or 5.13-5.38 is such an incredibly menial difference it isnt worth losin sleep over...

get whatevas easiest, im sure it will be just fine

[Saharicon]

ima do me sum 4.88s and love them

[Ktmracer419]

Just playing the devils advocate, but lower axle gears also puts more stress on the gears themselves.

I know you are going to say you're D60 gears are holding up just fine, but I know Vetteboy has never blown a 1310 joint in over 2 years of wheeling on 4.56's, or something to that nature. Not that Vetteboy is the end all rig to base your own on, but I'm sure he's not the only person to do it.

Again, I don't really have any first hand experience on the matter, I just wanted to give Cody something to think about.

you dont need to worry about 5.38 gears in a 60

in a 44, possibly

and the only u joints i have blown were from a cracked yoke i welded up really quick and expected to fail. and it took lots of hoppin and wheelies to let go. and landing on a rock when i had to cover 50 feet of boulders going downhill in 10 seconds at rcrocs.