okay so i want to have a project, not anytime soon maybe start by end of summer but i want to get your opinons on a v6 lifted with 35's

will 35s be possible to push with a v6? will i have to regear it?

what problems will i face with the front axle...

and all that other bs....

suggestions? comments ?

 

It can do it, just probably not very well... My 3.9 with a 3.55 open rear end (2wd) is pushing 31's, and I feel anything bigger with stock gears would not do too well at all. So regear if you do it.

 

forgot to add 99 dakota 3.9 4x4... im pushing 31s also right now

 

I would upgrade gears probably 4.10's or 4.56's

 

with changing the gears it would make it easier on the trans right?

i would eventually want to swap in a 5.2 or something , because we all know the 3.9 is slow

 

Changing the gears will make it easier on everything... I'd go 4.56 gears with 33 inch tires on a 3.9.

 

Yes it will make it easier. How soon you wanna do the 5.2 swap?

 

i wouldnt even bother changing the gears if i was going to go up 2 inches, but i feel like if i want to lift the thing i want to do it on 35s, dakotas look good on 35's but 33s just aint doing it for me ya know

i mean i would avoid it for a while if possible, i only got 90 k on my truck and motors clean and trans is fine.

 

I know a guy with the 4 banger Jeep(coincidently the same 4 banger as dakota's) running 40's with 5.88 gears. Point is that it isn't really about engine power as it is about gearing.

 

You would be surprised at the power bigger tires suck down. I had a 5.2 and when I put 32x11.50x15's on I could feel the difference in power(not much but some) but I did have 3.55's. That was before I had a sct tho.