gear question

[netrachamp1853]

I know this was posted a while ago but im gonna buy gears soon for my rig (99 cherokee with 33" muds) I know a people (like caleb)..haha who run 4.56 with a manuel and it works pretttty good..but anyone run 4.10's or 4.56's with an auto?..what kinda rpm do you run on the highway? Cuz i run on the highway..ALOT..and what kinda mpg ur getting.

So if someone could shoot me a link of the last post or gimme ur 2 cents.thanks

[Magilla]

http://www.rocky-road.com/calculator...33&ar=3.55&na=

[HeavyMetal]

i ran 33s and 4.56s (thin 33s at that) for 2 years and never had one complaint, and i did a shit ton of highway

i run 35s on the same gears now and to tell you the truth, the mpg really isnt much diff.

people think about gearing way too much on paper and calculators in the end...it wont make or break you to run 4.56 on 33s/35s or whatever..

[Bigbike]

4.56 do it up.

[Ktmracer419]

man up and do 4.88's

more powa

[Ktmracer419]

http://www.rocky-road.com/calculator...33&ar=3.55&na=

fuck those guys

[Magilla]

fuck those guys

didnt feel like giving .02 im poor so i gave a link for free

[Ktmracer419]

its not the calculator

its that rocky road sucks nuts

[Clause]

I ran guud on 33's and 4.10s... then I went to 36's and needed some 5.13 action..

[clean4drxj]

theres alot of mixed opinions from people i had talked to about the situation, i'd say go with 4.56's with the auto special if you're going to run a 12.50 or wider tire...

[netrachamp1853]

Yea im going in between 4.10's and 4.56's, most people seem to be running 4.56's

what kinda rpm's get turned at 65-70 with an auto?

[XJLI]

im running 24-2500 iirc at 65 with an auto,33s,4.56s. maybe a touch less.

[Ktmracer419]

why is everyone so afraid of going to deeper gears?

[BOX]

why is everyone so afraid of going to deeper gears?

Too fast & furious for them.

4.88s for 33s.
5.13s if axles allow for 35s.
5.38s for 36/37s.

[Ktmracer419]

pro's
too little strain on yo tranny
less lugging the engine
too much acceleration
too many rpms (doesn't mean worse gas milage)
less throttle input needed offroad
cooler tranny temp

con's
no longer capable of 115 mph. (mines now governed at 97 mph)
smaller pinion (broken axle shafts, driveshafts and ring gears and never broke a 5.38 d44 pinion)