What gear ration did you go with on your 2nd gen. on 33's ?

A friend here has had that tire size for a couple of years. I really like it not too big and no fender trimming required. He is using 4:56 also

 

I do to I did have to trim quite a bit of plastic, flatten the pinch weld, aggressive cmc, and alignment numbers I’m not a fan of but wouldn’t have it any other way.

 

I’ve thought about it. But really the only time I really need it is pulling 5,000+lbs. without a trailer hooked up I haven’t felt the need for it yet.

 

x2..I'm fairly heavy with steel bumpers and bedrack/ST on 285s. I have never felt the need to regear yet. Truck has good acceleration from stop and cruising hwy comfortably at 80-85mph with rpms in the 2400ish range.

 

I think some of the need to regear with larger tires also depends on the elevation you live at as well. Higher elevation will create more power loss

 

Even if you don't feel the need to regear it will make your truck drive like stock.

 

The votes are leaning towards 4.56, I ques is not to over geared. I curios the people that voted other what gears did they go with?

 

On my regular cab, I went with 4.88 gears when i had 255/85/R16. Good on road, and much better when crawling around offroad.

 

Small pet peeve, but when people use : in the wrong spot of a ratio it means a completely different thing, haha. Generally speaking, gear ratios are either expressed as the actual teeth, reduced whole numbers or decimals :1.

For example, the ring gear will have 43 teeth, and the pinion will have 10 teeth, so the ratio is 43:10 which is 4.30:1, or 43:11 which is 3.909:1, or 41:9, which is 4.556:1, etc.

4:30 would be 0.133:1, 4:56 would be 0.0714:1, etc. I'm sure most people know what you're talking about, but it doesn't really make sense.

As for which ratio to choose, I would usually base that on what you're doing with your truck and what modifications you've done. Definitely won't be a right answer for everyone. If all you're looking to do is keep things close to driving like stock, on a 4.0L V6 automatic I would go with 4.10 gearing with 33's. If you're doing more off-road and less on-road, I'd probably go up to 4.30 or 4.56.

Jeff

 

33" Falkens and rocking stock ratio. Haven't noticed any real difference to be honest. It's my daily driver though, I might be too much of a mall crawler to notice I dunno

 

Today I talked with the shop owner, He even recommended 4:88 but with my setup and my needs I feel that 4:56 will be a safe bet.

 

I'm running stock gears on 285s and a ton of weight. I notice a bit of a difference on highway speeds, but not enough to re gear to 4.56s. Just did 7 days of wheeling and back road camping didn't notice much at al.

 

I recently totalled my Silver 08 2.7 (RIP) but am buying a 2011 base 4x4 Access cab. As much as I loved the 22re (94 4x4) and the 2.7 (2008 access cab 4x4) I'm wondering if the automatic V6 might struggle less with my 285/33's than my 2.7? Granted I went from 245/75/16s to 285/75/16s and could feel the difference. But am putting the same 285/75/16 KO2s on my 2011 and am wondering how it might effect the driving feel. Anyone running 285s on a 2011 V6 Auto with stock gears and what are your thoughts?

 

@george2pak check the tire calc out. It'll help get your head around rpm ranges for different gear ratios.

-J

 

The V6 has more power and torque . If only ad bigger tires you will be fine.

 

I gotta say that after having 2 Toyota trucks with 4 cylinder engines and clutches, the 2011 V6 Auto will take some getting use to. I'll probably kick a clutch I dont have for a day or so. Old habits die hard. I've heard good things about the 4.0 V6 and hope it lives up to the hype. I'm going to find out in a week.

 

Stock 4.10 in my regular cab, 2.7 5speed. I dont think I'd absolutely need a regear unless I jump to 35's.

 

my truck was heavy with armor and on tall skinny's (33), I went 4.56 and never second guessed that. ECGS also recommended 4.56 for my setup. It was right for me.

 

So finally a pulled the trigger. I went with 4.56 Yukon gears. $1450 out the door family owned shop in Phoenix. This are my conclusion so far(only 300 miles in): My RPM is about 200 rotation higher at 60 mph. I feel that the truck it's a little bit faster off line and doesn't search for gears uphill. I still have to break it in before I can try some offline drag and also some towing. First picture is before. The rest are after

 

Dang Toyota engineers!!! Your first picture looks exactly like my 2013 reg. cab, 2.7, "auto.", 4X4, appx 1800 rpm. @ 60 mph. Yesterday I got a chance to drive a 2011 reg. cab, 2.7, "5 spd. manual", 4X4. Both with orig. 4.10 gear ratio. The 5 spd. was running almost straight on 2250 rpm. @ 60 mph. Your 2nd. picture with the 4.56 gear change, shows looks like 2100 rpm. @ 60 mph., still less than the 5 spd. with the 4.10 orig. gears. Looks like a 4.88 would have got the auto almost equal to the gearing of the manual. Driving the 2 Taco's yesterday, on the same stretch of rd. on the hills where the auto unlocked the converter & shifted down a gear, the 5 spd. just cruised over that same hill, no shifting, without even straining. Why the heck didn't Toyota, knowing the difference in the transmission gearing, from an auto. to a manual, put a 4.88 in the Taco's with the auto's. That would have made the drivablety & pulling power & rpm. range of the auto., equal to the manual. Dang my auto feels like a dog, the manual was way more comfortable, just driving around.