Ram 1500 rear end ratio decision
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Ram 1500 rear end ratio decision
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I just found this site and it looks great, and seems to have a lot of people with good information. I am looking to buy a 07 ram1500, but am debating what rear end ratio to get. I live in the north east, travel between Maine and NY, so highway miles, and 2 lane roads. I do tow about half a dozen times a year, a boat about 5 miles in the summer, and my sleds in the winter. I have been thinking about getting the 3.55 ratio to help with mpg, but wondering if I will not have what I need to tow. Also with the highways around here having some hills where you go up and down, will I actually do better with the 3.92 as I won't need to give it more gas to maintain my speed with the 3.55. Hope this makes sense, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
R.J.
I just found this site and it looks great, and seems to have a lot of people with good information. I am looking to buy a 07 ram1500, but am debating what rear end ratio to get. I live in the north east, travel between Maine and NY, so highway miles, and 2 lane roads. I do tow about half a dozen times a year, a boat about 5 miles in the summer, and my sleds in the winter. I have been thinking about getting the 3.55 ratio to help with mpg, but wondering if I will not have what I need to tow. Also with the highways around here having some hills where you go up and down, will I actually do better with the 3.92 as I won't need to give it more gas to maintain my speed with the 3.55. Hope this makes sense, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
R.J.
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RE: Ram 1500 rear end ratio decision
My 96 ram 4x4 has 3.55's and I have no problem in any of tose areas and I figured my mileage at about 19 mpg on back roads.I have no problem keeping up with interstate traffic and as a bonus I could easily eat a chevy Z71 at the 1/4 mile strip we have here and I run 33.12.50 tires.