05 2500HD 6.0 4X4 ECSB What Gears?

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Originally Posted by BigMac

Gears aren't going to help you that much my friend. Where you're at, low gears will kill you on the highway and tall gears will be lugging like crazy in town. Money spent on gears will not pay for the difference, if any, that would be saved from any increased mileage.

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LOL, this is an inaccurate statement

4.88 for your application. If you plan on goin bigger, get the 5.13s

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Originally Posted by Silverado05

Gears will do alot of difference, I went from 3.42s to 4.56s on 35s. But ill tell you something 4.10 to 4.88 will not do that much difference.

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Also inaccurate. 4.10 to 4.88 will notice a significant difference. It would be the equivilent of swapping 3.73 to 4.56.

Ive driven a truck with 3.73s and mine has 4.56s. 200-300rpm difference, is that significant?

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Originally Posted by Silverado05

Ive driven a truck with 3.73s and mine has 4.56s. 200-300rpm difference, is that significant?

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Did it feel significant? Did the other one have 35s? You tell me. I know in non lifted trucks 3.73 to 4.56 is a HUGE difference.

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Originally Posted by cjriojas

LOL, this is an inaccurate statement

4.88 for your application. If you plan on goin bigger, get the 5.13s

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This is coming from someone with a photoshopped lift on their truck....

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Originally Posted by BigMac

This is coming from someone with a photoshopped lift on their truck....

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Regardless who the statement was coming from... he was correct. Your response was inaccurate.

I guess I came across wrong, the point I was trying to get at was the increased rolling mass from the lift and tires will still make the incremental gains from gears low in term of fuel mileage. Regardless of what gears you slap in, lift and big tires are going to hurt performance. I was just giving my experience with lift and tires since I've built rigs for off road only and this is what I've learned. The 3.42 to 4.56 swap I did most recently made a big difference in terms of performance and function, but I couldn't see any notable gains in terms of fuel economy.

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Originally Posted by BigMac

This is coming from someone with a photoshopped lift on their truck....

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LOL, thank you for justifying your previous comment by clarifying that a picture of my truck is photoshopped.

BTW, your truck in the avatar pic is dirty. You must not know anything about cleaning equipment. :sigh:

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Originally Posted by BigMac

I guess I came across wrong, the point I was trying to get at was the increased rolling mass from the lift and tires will still make the incremental gains from gears low in term of fuel mileage. Regardless of what gears you slap in, lift and big tires are going to hurt performance. I was just giving my experience with lift and tires since I've built rigs for off road only and this is what I've learned. The 3.42 to 4.56 swap I did most recently made a big difference in terms of performance and function, but I couldn't see any notable gains in terms of fuel economy.

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thank you for rephrasing, this makes more sense to me

Both with 35s of course.