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Originally Posted by Hardhitten
I been looking around alot and hard to find a consitant answer. Im runing 39.5's and looking to maybe upgrade gears soon. From what I hear 4.88 is my best bet. My question is what will be the benifit of getting new gears, right now im kind of slugish on freeway im hoping that would fix that and hopefully get better gas milage. My MPG has gone to **** since the lift and tires, dont get me wrong I expected it but it seems worse then I thought. Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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4.88, would put your tranny back in the optimum range it was meant for. your MPG will greatly improve, and it will take allot less throttle to get it to speed. i highly recomend regearing, it will save your tranny in the long run also. good luck
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