To regear or not to regear?

[RyderGear]

Other MANUAL Gladiators out there… RE-Gear?? Thoughts? What did you do and what size tires do you run? Also cost I’m seeing $2400-$2800

I run my rig through high speed desert runs it’s a Mojave, but also rock crawl, tow, and haul a full bed and motorcycles.

On 35s I basically never use 5th gear and 6th cruising downhill on the highway. Would like some more low end torque and use of all the gears. Thoughts? Advice?

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[Kristian13]

how did this go, did you end up re-gearing

 

[Radar]

looks like an old post but to reply i just regeared my manual trans sport running 315's (34.7") i jumped a little deeper then i probably should have and went 4.88. around town it's great, regained being able to pull hills (bridges i live in Florida). interstate in 6th RPMs are up there, 4.56 might have been a better choice, guess i need bigger tires now.

 

[ChecksOut]

looks like an old post but to reply i just regeared my manual trans sport running 315's (34.7") i jumped a little deeper then i probably should have and went 4.88. around town it's great, regained being able to pull hills (bridges i live in Florida). interstate in 6th RPMs are up there, 4.56 might have been a better choice, guess i need bigger tires now.

What speed and RPMs are we talking about?

 

[Radar]

What speed and RPMs are we talking about?

still breaking in the gears and only a quick trip on the interstate so wasn't really paying attention but i want to say 70 mph was around 2500rpm or so

 

[ChecksOut]

still breaking in the gears and only a quick trip on the interstate so wasn't really paying attention but i want to say 70 mph was around 2500rpm or so

That's not bad. Still lets you keep the RPMs under 3k for 99% of driving. Thanks. I was considering 5.13 but sounds like 4.88 will be perfect.

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