22r/re's, 60's, and big tires... what gears?

CANYON KRAWLER MIKE · Mar 31, 2005

im running toy turbo, 60's with 40'' tsl and 5.86's it works but sometimes i wish i should have gone bigger gears there is no need for my truck to do 75 + mph.

pitter · Mar 31, 2005

i run 37's, 22re and 4:30's. it sux but its still driveable. i am just driving mine until the engine blows. when it does i will have to decide on if its staying 4 banger and maybe buy weak 5:29's.... i say leave your gears till your motor dies and replace it with some more power.

if you regear see if the 6:17;s are strong enough...

ZUK · Mar 31, 2005

DRM....you are asking a stupid question

and you already know the answer. You have a 60.....so either do 617 or 717. If I kept the 22RE and that tire, it would be 717. check this out http://gearinstalls.com/617front.htm

J Kimmel · Mar 31, 2005

I've got 60's and 39.5 swampers. I went with 5.86 gears in mine. Its barely enough, thankfully it gets trailered. I usually use my stock low range to run around in on the road, slow yes but much more responsive and easier on the clutch. The only difference is I have a 3.0 in mine, but its pretty micropowered....

Bones · Mar 31, 2005

ZUK said:
DRM....you are asking a stupid question and you already know the answer. You have a 60.....so either do 617 or 717. If I kept the 22RE and that tire, it would be 717. check this out http://gearinstalls.com/617front.htm

That's what I will do if I ever build another. Gear the snot out of the diffs and run stock cases

G.C. Bandit · Apr 2, 2005

yeah, that is brilliant.....with a pinion gear the size of your thumb.

Actually if u have ever seen the pinion there is still alot of beef on there. I have 2 buddies runnning 7.17's on their junk. They r breaking front 60 shafts right and left before even having to worry about the pinion. Alot of guys that have hight performace rails run 7.17's with well over 500hp with no problems eaither. :shaking:

flimmy · Apr 2, 2005

put gears in the t-case. I runa 22re, 4.30's in the toy axles , 39's , and 4.0 gears in the rear case and it does fine . You have an ARB in the front axle right ? just put the rear case in low and unlock the arb.

DRM · Apr 2, 2005

Brian Ellinger said:
Okay so it was toy axles, and on a PU. I am at a higher altitude (I think...) and running a 39.5. My point was that the motor he's running is probably about 1/2 dead already, and thats a lot of the problem. I was running a strong RE, cam, intake work, larger AFM, header, etc.

Block has 17x,xxx miles, head has freshly been reworked. Midrange cam, LCE ceramic header, adjustable timing gear.

DRM · Apr 2, 2005

Another things I forgot to mention, and I bet part of my problem - I run drive flanges up front, so anywhere I go - I am turning those front shafts.

flimmy · Apr 2, 2005

DRM said:
Another things I forgot to mention, and I bet part of my problem - I run drive flanges up front, so anywhere I go - I am turning those front shafts.

unlock the ARB.

pitter · Apr 3, 2005

flimmy said:
unlock the ARB.

i bet 100% it is since its impossible to steer with a spooled front end anywhere, especially on gravel roads and the street. :flipoff2:

DRM · Apr 3, 2005

flimmy said:
unlock the ARB.

The ARB is only used right when it is needed... why would I leave it on all the time?

22r/re's, 60's, and big tires... what gears?

CANYON KRAWLER MIKE

pitter

ZUK

J Kimmel

Bones

G.C. Bandit

flimmy

DRM

DRM

flimmy

pitter

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