Gear Vendors for Excursion V-10 4.30 rear
I have a 2001 Excursion with a V-10 and 4.30's. I tow a 33 foot high profile TT that has a gross weight of 9,000 pounds. I found a great tune, 5-star 87 performance, that made a big difference. I...
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Hi Jim,
If you are not totally happy with the V-10's current pulling abilities and performance (although with stock tire size and 4.30 gears it should do fine) you may want to look into 4.56 or even 4.88 gears. Being a 2WD rig the cost to regear isn't too bad and much less than the GV unit. I towed for 2 years (9500 to 10,200 lb toyhauler) with my V-10 EX after my 4.88 gear swap before upgrading to the current 35" tires which bring the effective ratio back down to 4.39. With the true 4.88 gears it was a towing beast that ate up hills and stayed OD on some pretty steep grades. It also got better towing fuel mileage (9 vs 7 to 7.5 MPG) with the deeper gears vs the stock 3.73 setup. With the 32" tires and 4.88 gears it cruised at 65 MPH at 2430 RPMs.
Something to consider. I have more info posted over at the EX forum.
If you are not totally happy with the V-10's current pulling abilities and performance (although with stock tire size and 4.30 gears it should do fine) you may want to look into 4.56 or even 4.88 gears. Being a 2WD rig the cost to regear isn't too bad and much less than the GV unit. I towed for 2 years (9500 to 10,200 lb toyhauler) with my V-10 EX after my 4.88 gear swap before upgrading to the current 35" tires which bring the effective ratio back down to 4.39. With the true 4.88 gears it was a towing beast that ate up hills and stayed OD on some pretty steep grades. It also got better towing fuel mileage (9 vs 7 to 7.5 MPG) with the deeper gears vs the stock 3.73 setup. With the 32" tires and 4.88 gears it cruised at 65 MPH at 2430 RPMs.
Something to consider. I have more info posted over at the EX forum.
