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4.10 or 4.30 with 5speed and 19in rims

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  • Start date Start date Jan 20, 2007

chad9350

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8.5 in front and 10in. rear...

Need some pratical advice, ive done all the calculators.

City driving, and Interstate 80ish.

Apprec.
 

iskwezm

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my buddy just put 4.30's with his auto and 17" stockers,says turns about 2700 at 75 ish and still gets 24 mpg. Im planning to do them this month
 

bigcat

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dont fear the gear! i personally will be going with 4.30s when it is time.
 

chad9350

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Apprec.!

Thanks, 24mph thats nice is it b/c overdrive (5th for me) can be utilized more in city driving?

Thanks again
 

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I do alot of highway driving so I went with the 4:10s. After driving with them on the highway about 500 miles, they are as far as I would want to go doing 50/50 city highway. But if I only did very little highway I would go with the 4:30s because I changed me rev limiter to 6800.
 
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