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Gear ratio and 38.5 inch tires
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Damaged
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| Joined: 02/11
Posted: 02/04/11 10:35 PM
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I'm looking to throw some 38.5 inch Boggers on my 1981 Suburban. I'm sort of new to the off road world, got the bug, bought a rig, started a build and now my wife doesn't understand me. Anyway, I'm looking for advice as to what gear ratio I should go to with these tires. My rig runs a 454, bored out 30 over with the 700r4 transmission and a 6 inch lift. The only time it will be driven on the street is traveling back and forth to the fire house, which is a 16 mile round trip on a back road. I'm aware that I'll have to do some trimming here and there, which is all good. The thing is, my suburban is a dually. I bought it from a guy in Idaho who used it to pull his horse trailers. Any advice from you veterans is greatly appreciated, thanks.
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Posted: 02/17/11 05:51 PM
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I have a k5 blazer with 40's on it and i have 4.56 gears. I think if i had it to do again i think i would have went with 4.88 or 5.13's. The burbs are really cool rigs, but i think if you were going to make it into a wheeler i would swap out to single rear wheel. But ether way its really cool.
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brent344
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Posted: 06/13/11 10:39 AM
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I was wondering the same. I have a 2011 Tahoe with a 6" Lift and it has a 3.73 and was thinking if i needed to change the gear to a higher one. The tires are a 325/65/18
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Posted: 06/13/11 08:16 PM
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Check out this chart on gear ratios. its pretty helpful http://www.4lo.com/calc/geartable.htm
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