Towing question
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is that really all they come with? 3:55 and 3:92? i figured there would be something in between. i had 4:11's in my nova and was always gonna drop it to 3:83 for some better cruising.
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Just putting my opinion out there. I have had a 97 1500 with 3.55's, 01 off road with 4.10's with LS, 02 with 3.92's with LS, 04 2500 cummins 6 speed with 3.73's and now, even though I said I would never have the 3.55's, my 09 has them and 20" wheels. I will admit that the 97 did seem weak with the 3.55's for towing and the 01 with the 4.10's did tow nice, but with the power of the Hemi, don't let the 3.55 gears scare you away from a truck that you like. I currently pull a 24' enclosed trailer with up to 10,000 lbs, I bump it down to 4th gear and it will pull it as fast as you want. The weak part for towing on these trucks is not the powertrain, it is the suspension. As far as the Limited slip on these trucks, I don't have it but with the traction control I have found that it will apply the brake on the wheel that is slipping and they both spin anyway. I always liked the limited slip diffs but I am not sure how much it helps with the traction control that we have on these trucks now. Try not to beat me up too bad.
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It'll be a couple weeks maybe a month before I tow anything with it. But I'll follow up here.
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Thats what I had and yes its a BIG difference. I wish I still had my 2500.
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All this talk about 3:55's vs 3:92's had me curious about what gearing I have in the rear end of my truck. Does anyone know where I could find this information? It's an 09 quad cab SLT 4x4 with a 5.7 with ESP. It has great acceleration but with the power of these engines I am not sure if the acceleration is due to good gearing or shear power. I bought the truck used and the dealer had no idea what gearing it had, but it wasn't a major concern of mine at that time either. I have tried to look at the rear end itself there are some numbers but nothing that points to a gear ratio, at least that I can see. This was also a program truck from 09 and the VIN lists it as a TRX but there is no TRX markings on the truck itself. Have any of you ever seen this before or know why the VIN would list it as a TRX? With it being a former program truck I am figuring it was just a mutt but I am not totally sure.
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If you want to tow that much with these trucks...get air bags. I put Air Lift 1000s in, worked awesome. I did find that the large spacer made a clunk when hitting bumps with no load, no matter what PSI i ran in them, so I took them out. Going to try Firestone's Ride-Rite. They have smaller spacers and taller bag, figuring they won't move around so much. We will see.
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For those that want something in between a 3.55 and a 3.92, get the 3.92 and get taller tires, this will get you an in between. Same kind of deal as when someone here says they have 3.55 with 20" tires and another one has 3.55 with 17" tires, the guy with the 20" tires can't tow as well as the one with the 17"s.
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All this talk about 3:55's vs 3:92's had me curious about what gearing I have in the rear end of my truck. Does anyone know where I could find this information? It's an 09 quad cab SLT 4x4 with a 5.7 with ESP. It has great acceleration but with the power of these engines I am not sure if the acceleration is due to good gearing or shear power. I bought the truck used and the dealer had no idea what gearing it had, but it wasn't a major concern of mine at that time either. I have tried to look at the rear end itself there are some numbers but nothing that points to a gear ratio, at least that I can see. This was also a program truck from 09 and the VIN lists it as a TRX but there is no TRX markings on the truck itself. Have any of you ever seen this before or know why the VIN would list it as a TRX? With it being a former program truck I am figuring it was just a mutt but I am not totally sure.
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If you want to tow that much with these trucks...get air bags. I put Air Lift 1000s in, worked awesome. I did find that the large spacer made a clunk when hitting bumps with no load, no matter what PSI i ran in them, so I took them out. Going to try Firestone's Ride-Rite. They have smaller spacers and taller bag, figuring they won't move around so much. We will see.
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