Wes,
Check out the DML tire and wheel calculator at
http://dakota-truck.net/TIRECALC/tirecalc.html You can put in your current
configuration vs. stock and see how big of gears you might need. You can
also plug in the 35" tires to see it's effect on your performance. You will
have to find out the actual metric size of the tire as the site doesn't
allow input of inch sized tires. I would think that with 31's, 4:10's would
be the way to go. If you do plan to run 35" tires you might want to go with
4:56 but keeping in mind that you have to replace both sets of gears, I
don't think they have 4:56 gears for the front. I could be wrong with that.
They definitely have 4:56 in a rear gear. A friend of mine is running 35"
tires and 4:56's on his Durango with a solid axle conversion. He definitely
has a lot of power. Good luck. Hope this helps.
Chris Oertell
Arcadia, CA
http://www.dodgetruckonline.com
coertell@earthlink.net
1998 Dodge Dakota Sport V6 Regular Cab Emerald Green
1989 Kawasaki EX500
AOL IM--coertell73
ICQ #--19870422
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of Wes Weems
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 9:27 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Gears for 31" tires
Ok...
In preparing for the future... I'd like to see hat kinda gears I should put
in my truck...
As far as every day driving my 31's arent affecting my trucks performance
TOO bad... but I noticed if I am pulling something... or I am in the
sand.... and in 4-hi ... I get stuck SUPER easily... I can get it up to
super high rpms and let out on the clutch and it kinda craps out.
I need to know what sized gears should I run in my truck... and where to buy
them. I may consider putting up to 35 inch tires on my truck if I can afford
a lift at some future time... so keeping that in mind whats my best bet....
WEs
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