Working on a rebuild of a DD for my Godfather. its a 95 f150 regular cab, 8 foot bed, 5.0L 4r70w trans 4x4 . I discovered today that my gear ratio is 3.31.. EWWW WOW holy snikes.. I bought the truck with a blown engine, I am working on the build, now.. waiting on the machine shop. This truck is for a daily driver, that will haul some firewood, and climb a steep mountain road in the winter... How bad will these gears hurt my torque. Suggestions?

 

go to the junk yard and pull better gears they will be much cheaper there

 

Drive it and find out. You may like them for your driving and the fuel ecomomy

 

3.55s will be very easy to find and will be slightly better than what you have now.

 

tires stock or close to stock?

 

Thats better than 3.08 , like Brad said drive it & see , the 4R70W has the wide ratio gear set in them , so 1st & 2nd gear are lower , plus the 95 will have more hp than the older 302s , it should be a mass air motor ....Lew

 

Tires will be standard 235 75 15 XL with a decent tread on them

Motor is Mass Air

Just not used to a 3.31 usually 3.55 or 4.10 around here....

Truck did come from Maryland

 

I like the lower gears in the 302 to , if you don't like the 3.31 i would go to 4.10 , the 3.55 won,t help,,,,,

 

^^^^^spot on

 

I don't think you'll have any trouble with those gears doing what you listed. I don't think a change to 3.55 would be big enough to make a huge difference. I have 3.55's with the same size tire as you, and while it isn't a rocket ship with a trailer, it gets the job done.

 

I think that those gears with stock or even 30x9.50x15 tires would be alright.

 

+10

Keep 'em. They will be fine on those tire like Texas mentioned, and the tranny has a decent gear set like Lew said...

 

As for climbin steep hills that's what low range is for lol

 

I got 3.55's and 30" tires and... NOPE.. it ain't enough gear for a 5.0 and heavy hauling IMO. In hilly terrain and when hauling just turn off OD and the truck should do OK, not great but proibably good enough for a DD.

 

Keep in mind this is coming from a guy with this in his signature:



For a DD and some occasional hauling, I think it will be fine and not worth the expense/hassle of a gear change.