Gear swaping, anyone good at math? please help

[strokin95style]

OK, so i got a 95 f-250 stroker, its got the TTB Dana 50 front and 10.25 rear with 3:55's. I plan on swaping in a straight axle D60 front and a D70 rear and also plan to go to 3:73's. Can anyone tell me what kind of rpm difference there would be? my father has an identical truck with 4:10's and the ratio is too "low" for my liking. Living here in Mid Missouri with the hills around here, my truck gets too hot tryin to pull a trailer anywhere, but the catch is i dont pull one often enough to need 4:10's. My question is, will there be a big enough rpm difference to make the ratio swap worth while? I will be swapping the 60 and 70 in regardless and i plan on setting up the axles before installing them so my trucks not down. Thanks for any comments and inputs guys.

[madpogue]

The difference between 3.55 and 3.73 (it's decimal points, not colons, BTW [or you could say 3.55:1]) is about five percent. So, presuming a ZF5 of that vintage and OEM 235/85R16s, you're doing about 2000 RPM at 70 MPH with your 3.55s, and will be doing 2100 and change with 3.73s. Your dad's truck, on the other hand, revs about 15 percent faster at any given speed/gear, so at 70, he must be doing about 2300 RPM. So the 3.73 is "closer" to the 3.55 than it is to the 4.10.

It's probably worthwhile regardless of the gear ratio, just to have the 60 axle.

[Big Bird]

Try one of the online calculators, like this one.

Click here.

[ridiculously_necessary]

unrelated but be sure and hit the missouri section of the site. were planning a meet last i heard. good luck with your gearing!