Gear Ratio for dual use truck?

Gear Ratio for dual use truck?

02-17-2008, 06:58 AM

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Gear Ratio for dual use truck?

My daily driver / occasional offroad mountain and slickrock climbing truck has 3.54s in it. I drive this truck around town mostly, but do take on the interstate to meetings in SLC (250 miles) and Vegas ( 400 miles) from time to time, so mileage is a small issue.

I am looking at installing 35" tires and Lockers, Detroit in the rear and ARB in the front. As I need to change out the carriers anyway, what gear ratios do you all recommend for this type of use? 4.10's? 4.56?? or do I keep the 3.54's and put in a 203 doubler?

Truck currently makes ~260 HP 640 torque, 5 speed Getrag.

the 3.54s have me just a little faster than I feel comfortable with on steep slickrock with 33's. Lack of power has not been a problem.

Thanks for the opinions.

One of these days, I will need to build a dedicated trail vehicle....
Ken

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