Gear ratio for 35'' tires

[sirnunya]

Originally Posted by blizzardwarrior7

Yea, a drop in K&N doesn't prohibit you from closing the stock air box correctly..

The box might close, but it doesn't seal correctly

Originally Posted by blizzardwarrior7

Ive had K&N drop ins on 3 of my trucks including this one....Within 2 weeks of me switching to the full intake, I lost my turbo....Drop ins are fine with me. Ask around, there are plenty of people on here running drop in K&Ns without any problems....

how can you say it was the full intake that dusted the turbo, and not the drop in? Two weeks of running a full K&N and you think thats what caused the turbo to die? How long was the dropin in the truck? Read up on this forum, plenty of info about the k&n dropins being trash. The full intake is ok, but still has the stigma from the drop ins..

[caryt]

The K&N filter and its variants are trash, a turbo will suck dust and sand right through them.

[running easy]

You are going to pay a bit for the gears. I am looking to put in 4.56 because I am running 37" and I have found a couple places that will do it for $1200. But putting 4.11 for 35" will help out some. How much is hard to say, but you should get back at least 2 mpg. And 14-16mpg is better the 10-12mpg.

[sirnunya]

37s and 4.56 is too low IMO. 4.30 would be the lowest I would go unless you plan on going to like a 40" later..
$1200 gears front and rear is a damn good deal...hopefully they have a warranty too

[willypscustoms]

IF YOU ARE GOING TO RE GEAR I WOULD DO 4.30. WENT I WENT BACK TO MY 3.73 I GAINED MPG ON THE FREEWAY DRIVING.

[layson]

Originally Posted by willypscustoms

k&n drop ins suck they are just flat out horrible period. also i run 37" tires i use to have 4.30 gears ran those gears for about 10k miles, then switched back to 3.73 its not worth it to re gear your diesel unless you plan on running like a 40" or larger tire.

:whs: Since I don't tow that often it isn't worth it.

I don't know what is heating up for you guys.... EGT's or tranny?? If it is the tranny then get a 6.0 cooler and never look back. EGT's are a little more expensive to bring them down...but still can be done..

get rid of the drop in k&N... I would give anyone my old one if they wanted it...as long as they paid for shipping. LOL..