Well I was taking it easy on the gears and letting them break in, and not driving to far and letting them cool down a while...well all I can say is that going from 3.31 (open) to a 3.73 (LS) is simply awesome. If I hit if from a stop, rather than only spinning 1 tire some times, I spin them both now, only like 2 feet or so, but its something. I hit it, hear the engine rev and the truck stall up to 2200, then it spins and takes off. There used ot be 2 dead spots in the powerband, one at like 38-48 and the other around 60 or so, because it would either stay in 2nd in the first example and I wasnt turning many rpms, and 60 the same thing, just in 3rd. But now those dead spots would be around 30-40 or 50-60, but it just pulls hard from those spots, and if I was goign like 40 or so where it used to barely pull, it downshifts into 2nd right into the powerband and takes off. I cant imagine what 4.10s would have been like, but I'm happy. I am going to the drag strip next wednesday, so I will see how my times have improved, instead of going to gulfport dragway in Mississippi, I am going to No Problem Racewya Park, which was ranked by the NHRA as the best track in 2002, and everyone says they hook up better there on street tires than on the track I went to only slicks, so I hope I hook up and pull a high 16 second run. We are gonna have alot of trucks going up there this time, so we should have vids of the runs and stuff incase yall wanna see this old girl run. I post more in 2 weeks.

 

sweet, sounds like your truck is running great !

 

You really need to go back to Gulfport to see how much the gears improved your ET at that track. That will give you a baseline. Then you can run the better trackand see how much of the improvement was due to the gears and how much to the track.

 

beastie, what have you noticed as far as fuel mileage? I am going to have to get 4:10s now that i have the 33s.

 

I just went to Freshmen orientation for college 160 miles round trip, and I got 18mpg and that was with about a 5 min WOT blast, while I was following a friend in a Dakota. I was turning 3700 rpms in OD during this, so that is like 115! Unless my tach is off, but its not that far off. I love the gears.