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Gear ratio and 38.5 inch tires

 
Damaged Damaged
New User | Posts: 2 | Joined: 02/11
Posted: 02/04/11
10:35 PM

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.  

 
jsf18436572 jsf18436572
New User | Posts: 2 | Joined: 01/11
Posted: 02/17/11
05:51 PM

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.  

 
brent344 brent344
New User | Posts: 1 | Joined: 06/11
Posted: 06/13/11
10:39 AM

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  

 
DRDONUTS88 DRDONUTS88
New User | Posts: 9 | Joined: 06/10
Posted: 06/13/11
08:16 PM

Check out this chart on gear ratios. its pretty helpful
http://www.4lo.com/calc/geartable.htm