Who's using 4:56 gears on 2nd Gen?

I have an 08 with 285/65/18 tires and 2.5in lift - and I want my original holeshot/torque back, plus extra help with yanking my heavy jetski through all the elevation changes out West.
So, who's upgraded to 4:56 from the stock 3:73....how does it compare to stock (using my tires/lift)? Pros, cons?

Oh, and what gear brand is best?

Thanks!
sean

 

go to 4.10

 

thats my plan when $$$ is available, heard 4.10's get the closet back to "stock" feel.

 

Yup pretty much this. Unless you plan to cut a lot and go with a 34'' tire in the future I'd stick to 4.10 or you will loose a lot of MPG's.

 

I thought I read somewhere that 4:10 wasnt easily available in aftermarket (???). Im thinking 4:56 might be a bit much on highway cruising, but 4:10 would be too little.


With ^these^ thoughts in mind.....who's currently/actually using either of these gears??

 

it isnt, i think you need to get the 4.10s from a i4 tacoma

 

Or prerunner

 

wait... my prerunner has 3.73

 

I've never looked into this, and I know nothing about them, but ECGS lists 4.30 gears as an option for 2nd gen Tacos. Anybody know if this is true?

 

All V6 have 3.73 I believe

 

If you're a pre-runner you could try 3.90s from a tundra. PM TRDSurgie.

4.56s are pretty low and your RPMs will be pretty high running down the freeway.

 

man? I thought only the 4x4 had the 3.73... I need me some edumacations

 

Don't think so, 4cyl=4.10; V6=3.73

 

Yea Im Prerunner TRD sport, auto tranny - 3:73 gears....and I dont plan to hunt down any 4:10s from some strange truck in a junkyard

Although a completely different animal, I've gone from 3:08 to 3:73 in my '85 5spd mustang 5.0 and that was a pretty dead-on, tried and true choice.

 

Read the first and second pages http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/performance-tuning/205015-4-10-gears-33s.html chris4x4 explained it

 

I dunno about you but I've got 33's and armour/winch. Stock gears, I have no problem making my baby move quickly if need be.

 

Try that with the 6-speed, my truck is slow as shit and I don't have armor or a winch

 

I've got stock gears and about 450LB's of armor and the truck runs just fine on a heavy 33". Although I drive like a granny

 

Auto FTW!

I get angrier the older I get.

 

jetski = 800lbs DRY
Trailor = full sized @ few hundred lbs or so.
Elevation changes = suck the piss out of my entire gas tank driving from Vegas to Parker, AZ with the ski!!!


Not to mention, I also want to remove the added stress to the truck that 33in+ size and weight does to a vehicle's drivetrain ---> tranny and rear-end stress that isnt even "noticed" when driving around normally.