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Old 06-30-2015, 09:38 AM   #22
djgebert
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Re: Rear Gears!!! Help please!

When I first bought my truck I drove it for about six months before I retired it and turned it into a toy. It had 3:73's in it when I bought it and I switched it out to 3:08's to make it more pleasant to drive. IMHO you will be very happy with the 3:08's as a daily driver, they are almost a perfect all around gear for daily driving, especially if you will be on the highway at all. With 3:55's you will most likely hardly notice a difference if you have 3:73's now. That 3:08 swap made my truck go from a vehicle that was barely driveable on the highway to a well mannered driver overnight. The 3:08's have plenty of low end for any normal use, heck I could still smoke the tires at will with a mild 350. Of course now that is all out the window and I've went completely the other way, lol, but my truck is now a retired toy. So my vote would be 3:08's, and you should be able to find a whole rear end with 3:08's dirt cheap and just swap it out.
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