Colotoyboy
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1990 Toy 4x4 pickup, exhaust, Amsoil(airbox mod) 31'' BFG Muds, Rancho 5000's, Hella 500's, Cobra CB
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Post by Colotoyboy on Nov 13, 2003 22:57:53 GMT -5
Alright, im a struggling college student and the budget is tight. I like to offroad my Toy. I have a 90' 4cyl reg cab. I wanna put 32'' BFG muds on with a PA 2'' body lift. To help the power 4.56's. Its my daily driver so i still need some power. How does this sound to you guys. Should i be good on power and stuff?
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Post by DeadlyPeace on Nov 13, 2003 23:10:37 GMT -5
That's a good start. The only thing that I would change is instead of 4.56 gears is a set of 5.29's. This will help out on your power plus up your top speed. I was pegging the neddle (110 mph) and still picking up a little speed on my 85 when I first changed my gears over and still had my 32 tires. Plus if you ever decide to go to a larger size tire you'll already be set for them without having to regear the diffs again.
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Colotoyboy
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1990 Toy 4x4 pickup, exhaust, Amsoil(airbox mod) 31'' BFG Muds, Rancho 5000's, Hella 500's, Cobra CB
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Post by Colotoyboy on Nov 13, 2003 23:40:12 GMT -5
Thats interesting, how about 4.88's? So when im drivin up mountain passes and stuff, even with the ol 4-banger and 32's the 4.88's would still give me enough pullin power to get me up a hill? Pep around town? I just dont wanna lose much power cuz i dont have a lot to begin with!
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NCSU
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'94 Pickup 22RE, 2"body lift, 33x12.50 BFG A/T's, RS5000's, K&N, Airbox mod, Flowmaster-2.5"pipe
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Post by NCSU on Nov 14, 2003 0:33:03 GMT -5
I know how the poor college student life is, I'm certainly in that boat right now also. I think your idea sounds good... but, if you are poor I think you could go without regearing for now. I just put a 2" PA lift on my '94 Xtra Cab Pickup w/ 22RE and I also just got some 33x12.50 BFG A/T's. I didn't end up losing much power at all, definitely not the amount I thought I would. I did the Airbox mod and got a cat-back exhaust, a K&N drop-in filter, and Rancho RS5000's. Otherwise, I'm basically stock.
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Post by DeadlyPeace on Nov 14, 2003 0:35:13 GMT -5
4.88 will work too. They will work for up too if you don't plan going over 34" tires.
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Colotoyboy
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1990 Toy 4x4 pickup, exhaust, Amsoil(airbox mod) 31'' BFG Muds, Rancho 5000's, Hella 500's, Cobra CB
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Post by Colotoyboy on Nov 14, 2003 1:36:47 GMT -5
Hey NCSU, how is your power goin on long hills, I live in Colorado and drive mountain passes all the time and find myself in 3rd gear near the top, and i have 31's! Also, the high altitude takes away some HP but still.
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NCSU
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'94 Pickup 22RE, 2"body lift, 33x12.50 BFG A/T's, RS5000's, K&N, Airbox mod, Flowmaster-2.5"pipe
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Post by NCSU on Nov 14, 2003 1:45:41 GMT -5
the power going up long hills isn't too bad. I mean, I do lose power slowly by the time I am done ascending. If I'm going down the highway at 65-70 and start up a long hill, I will usually be borderline 4th/5th gear, could go with either one. You do have me on the altitude though, my truck has never been above 4,000 feet... thats about all we have here.
I wouldn't rule out regearing, I would just wait on it if you are struggling for money. I didn't know what to expect after the lift and tires, but I'm glad I didn't go ahead with regearing before doing all of that, because I can tolerate what I've got for now. Maybe once I graduate and get a job, I will consider regearing.
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Post by DeadlyPeace on Nov 14, 2003 12:31:22 GMT -5
I do from 70-80mph on long hills depeding on how steep they get with 35's and 5.29 gears. I do some time have to stift into 4th on the real long or real steep ones.
I agree with NCSU too. You could get away without regearing for now. I ran my 32's for about a year and a half before I regeared. It did ok with the stock 4.10 gears.
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