San Diego BS Thread.

so I could get the

$1,106 rd121 air locking differential

rd121 now and still use it if I regeared for 35s?

 

other way around, gear ratio going up from 3:92 - 4:56 ratio ^



Send an email out to these guys

http://eastcoastgearsupply.com/


http://www.marlincrawler.com/differential/locker

 

actually I told you wrong, those ARB's are fronts


http://www.marlincrawler.com/differential/locker/arb-air-locker/arb-tacoma/rear-84-inch-rd129

 

That being the case I would almost find a good LS stock take out and run it till the lift and regear. open/open sucks. You need to figure out what gears you would like in the end as well. 4:56 is common with 35s but 4:88 would be nice if you don't need to run 80 everywhere.

 

we were very impressed with how Jared did with Open/Open yesterday.

 

ahhhhh gotcha. I thought the tacomas had 8" rears but I guess its 8.4 according to that link. Yeah I missread those numbers. I know it would be cheaper to regear and add lockers at the same time but I can't do all of that right now. As long as I could use the same locker I'd just be paying for labor twice which isn't as bad.

 

You guys helped me out alot. I had such a good time. Totally worth the drive down. Let me know when you want to go out again

 

I dont know what stock 2nd gen ratios are for a manual trans but I'd think 4.10's-4.56 for 35"'s be about right

OH & make sure the front matches the back

 

I shot them an email for advice on which way to go. Thanks

 

Yeah I don't know what stock is but I know people say the 4.56s work good with the 6 speed and 35s but if you go bigger for the tires go with the 4.88s. I don't think I am going to go larger than 35s on the truck though. thats already a healthy size tire

 

Even a true 33"x12.50 is enough, I mean I used to run 38.5"'x14.50 on my powerwagon & I had a set of smaller 36.5"'s also, got better performance with the smaller set & less stress on hub spindle

 

what kind of gearing when in 6th gear, what i mean is does it seem tall or does it wind out like in 5th ?

 

Has a lot to do with driver on the open/open. Def would want atleast 456.

 

Yeah, pancake is one trail that works against an open diff most the way up

 

It feels a lot like 5 gear. kinda like they could have made it taller. It only drops rpm a little anyways but forget about trying to get up and go in 6th. usually have to drop down if I am trying to pass someone in a hurry

 

Yeah thats what i figured, crappy ratio split, you can expect a 6spd to be close ratio but it'd been nice to leave it wide for an over drive

 

Yeah I love driving stick but was kinda bummed after I bought mine to see how they geared it and what not. Still would definitely buy another manual but some better mpgs would be nice haha oh well

 

Man wish I could have gone yesterday. On the otherside my sister came in from Texas to suprise us. Aparently I'm an uncle now...

 

If it doesn't wanna pull 6th then I would think about 488s. A quick way to check is tire compare to get the circumference %. Then do the gear %. So if you tires are 8% bigger and 456 is 7% more than stock your 1% shittier highway because you'll pull a % lower rpm than stock. 488 might be say 10% more which would be 2% higher on the rpm than stock. It will give you a good idea of what you want. If you can deal with 5th I would try to make 6th the new 5th. I have 456 and 33s. With a .78 od I think. I wouldn't mind 488s. I'd give up 300 rpm or 5 mph freeway for ass off road.

 

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