I apologize, I misspoke. I believe I was told the whole front end had to come off, not out. I assumed that "off" and "out" meant the same thing, but obviously thats not the case here.

 

What about a new carrier for the front?

 

thanks guys. So I should go with the 4.56 to make it worth it right. what will that do to my mpgs will they go up or down. I wish i didnt have to care about it cause torque is what i really want but it is a daily driver so i have to be reasonable( if not it would be sittin on 38" tires).

 

When I had 285's and 4.10's, I was getting the best MPG I had ever gotten (almost 16 mpg.). When I went to 6" lift and 35" mud terrains (but still on 4.10's), my mpg's dropped significantly down to about 10 mpg. After putting in the 4.56's, my mpg's went back up by about 2 mpg. I get about 12 mpg now on average.

 

so let me make sure I got the full picture. Torque goes up, plus the engine dosnt feel like it is struggling to pull the tires, acceleration goes up, mpgs go up, the only thing I loose is top speed and about how far will that drop?

 

That's pretty much how it worked for me. My mpg's went up because the engine doesn't have to work as hard to acheive the acceleration I need. I'm also able to maintain highway speeds in OD, which improves gas mileage too (before, It would downshift out of OD constantly). Acceleration was better due to the improved mechanical advantage. Less strain on the drivetrain.

As far as top speed goes, you really only need to be worried about that if you don't change tire size. In other words, if you have 32" tires for example, and you go down to 4.56 gears, but keep the 32" tires, your going to be at a lot higher rpm at highway speeds then what you were at with 3.55 gears. But if you go down to 4.56 gears AND you go up to 35" tires, you putting everything back closer to stock ratio's between tire size and gears. Because 4.56 and 35's is a better combo the 3.55 and the stock tire, I am at a slightly higher RPM at highway speed then I was when everything was stock, but it is not significant. Maybe just a few hundred rpms @ 65 mph, nothing significant at all.

 

Thanks silver dodge by the way you siad you went from a 3"lift to a 6" lift did completely buy a new suspension lift or did you add to the 3" with coil spacers and blocks in the rear or a body lift? I want some more lift cause my tires are actually 34.7" diameter and they scrub a little when I turn. They are narrower tires so they dont hit anything important just the plastic wheel well but I would like to add a little lift to keep them from doing that. I was thinking of doing a front coil spacer leveling kit and with my lift it will make the from sit a little higher than the back so I wanna do new rear shocks and pud some blocks under the leaf springs in the back to level it out. I just dont know what other problems that will cause if there are any im afraid I will need new lines or something worse. What would you suggest. I would like to have a total of 4.5 or 5" of lift total if that is possible.

 

I have a 3" suspension lift, and then I added the 3" body lift. It was cheap and I fit 35's easily. If I could do it again, i'd probably do a 5.5" suspension lift though.