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Old May 28, 2009 | 06:49 AM
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Yeah man, that has been the debate. I'm going to do it anyway and see how it works out. I will try the drag slicks with the 3.55 gears but I think I will like the 4.10s better.
 
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Old May 28, 2009 | 09:51 AM
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Easier to burn some rubber off the track!
 
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Old May 28, 2009 | 10:54 AM
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forget nick, 4.56 will be over kill, the 4.10 suits are trucks nicely, trust me
 
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Old May 28, 2009 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by superdak05
forget nick, 4.56 will be over kill, the 4.10 suits are trucks nicely, trust me
I like Nick and trust his advice but I have already bought the gears and install kit.
 
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Old May 28, 2009 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Blown287
I like Nick and trust his advice but I have already bought the gears and install kit.
If you don't like them you can always give them to me
 
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Old May 28, 2009 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Altair
If you don't like them you can always give them to me
LOL.................no

DJwolf has 4.10 gears and his truck rides and accelerates pretty awesome. I'm thinking I will go tranny valve body, 2700-3000 stall converter and 4.10 gears.
 
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Old May 28, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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4:10's work out the best as far as RPM range (at least on paper). Especially for the cool kids with the 6 speed, since our overdrive is higher revving than the automatics. Every day I get more and more tired of my stupid tall 3.21's.

Once that Doetsch lift comes out and everyone is running 35" MT's, 4.56 will be the standard
 

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Old May 28, 2009 | 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by cramerica
Especially for the cool kids with the 6 speed
That'd be me.
 
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Old May 29, 2009 | 07:04 AM
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Yeah much above 65 MPH with 4.56 gears and the 6 speed, and you're creeping on 3,000 RPM. It's pretty close to driving on the highway in 4th, or going fast in 5th with stock gearing. Just gets a little tiresome with a loud exhaust, and will start burning some more fuel. The engine loves it all the same.

Plus with 4.XX anything gears, 1st gear will make burnouts oh so easy
 
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