Grit dog wrote:skipro3 wrote:Grit dog wrote:
^Sure, gear ratio change is a solution, an expensive one. So is driving slower or putting up with 2700rpms down the freeway.
Without tearing the truck apart, taller tires satisfy the request for lower rpms and are almost a "free" upgrade. (In that if you need tires, taller cost only marginally more than shorter)
That was my point. My strong preference would be easy vs difficult or costly to arrive at the same solution.
I'd challenge that gear swap is any more expensive than a tire size swap. 19.5" tires and wheels are NOT cheap. I'd have to say I spent about $3,000 for my 19.5 set up.
Toyo M608Z are $500 each plus.
Rickson steel wheels are about $300 each plus.
That's $3,200 plus any extra charges like tax, mounting, stems, etc.
I didn’t say anything about 19.5s, but go ahead and do a gear swap......I could spend 5grand on wheels alone if I tried. That wasn’t the point.
Although I’m probably talking to a wall, in general here. Bet most of the members in this forum don’t run out of gears with 4.10s and pizza cutters. Hard to at 58mph.
Kayteg1 wrote:skipro3 wrote:
I'd challenge that gear swap is any more expensive than a tire size swap. 19.5" tires and wheels are NOT cheap. I'd have to say I spent about $3,000 for my 19.5 set up.
Toyo M608Z are $500 each plus.
Rickson steel wheels are about $300 each plus.
That's $3,200 plus any extra charges like tax, mounting, stems, etc.
and assuming you threw away good wheels with good tires?
skipro3 wrote:Grit dog wrote:
^Sure, gear ratio change is a solution, an expensive one. So is driving slower or putting up with 2700rpms down the freeway.
Without tearing the truck apart, taller tires satisfy the request for lower rpms and are almost a "free" upgrade. (In that if you need tires, taller cost only marginally more than shorter)
That was my point. My strong preference would be easy vs difficult or costly to arrive at the same solution.
I'd challenge that gear swap is any more expensive than a tire size swap. 19.5" tires and wheels are NOT cheap. I'd have to say I spent about $3,000 for my 19.5 set up.
Toyo M608Z are $500 each plus.
Rickson steel wheels are about $300 each plus.
That's $3,200 plus any extra charges like tax, mounting, stems, etc.
skipro3 wrote:
I'd challenge that gear swap is any more expensive than a tire size swap. 19.5" tires and wheels are NOT cheap. I'd have to say I spent about $3,000 for my 19.5 set up.
Toyo M608Z are $500 each plus.
Rickson steel wheels are about $300 each plus.
That's $3,200 plus any extra charges like tax, mounting, stems, etc.
Grit dog wrote:
^Sure, gear ratio change is a solution, an expensive one. So is driving slower or putting up with 2700rpms down the freeway.
Without tearing the truck apart, taller tires satisfy the request for lower rpms and are almost a "free" upgrade. (In that if you need tires, taller cost only marginally more than shorter)
That was my point. My strong preference would be easy vs difficult or costly to arrive at the same solution.
joe&julie81 wrote:
So would bigger circumference tires get better mpg at top end? I have 235/R80/17 now.
Kayteg1 wrote:
7 years and the guy never come back to report final result.
I just wasted time reading it.
jimh425 wrote:
For those who might want to read more about someone doing a swap on a '06 from 3.73 to 3.42, here's a thread. http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/3rd-gen-powertrain/385747-3-42-gear-swap-questions.html Obviously cheaper if you only did the rear and was a 2 wheel drive. The OP implied changing rear only in his first post.
