Re: 4x4 Gearing

From: Kyle Kozubal (grndak4x4@home.com)
Date: Fri Apr 06 2001 - 19:09:13 EDT


> When I swapped around the gears in my Dakota, I went from stock size
> tires/3.55 gears to 31x10.50R/3.91 Gears to 33x13.50/4.10 Gears.
>
> One day I was driving past on of those portable Radar/Speed signs the
Police
> set up around here. It has a radar gun built in to the sign and tells you
> what speed you are being clocked at. I wasn't sure how accurate my
> speedometer was after swapping to 3.91 gears & 33" tires so I took a
couple
> of laps. When the sign said I was doing 50mph and so did my speedometer,
so
> I would say 32" tires with 3.91 gears will read slightly high. When I
> swapped to 4.10 gears, I found I was reading low. With 4.10, the truck
has
> more torque off road but sacrificed a little on the highway.
>
> With the 32" tires, I would stay with 3.91 gears if you plan to regularly
> drive it on the street.

Ok well that for that insight Walt,
Next question is what would a ballpark cost be for front/rear 3.91 gears and
installation?
Kyle
93 Dakota 4x4 V6



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