Towing: Gears or Power
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Towing: Gears or Power
Hello again all. I'm looking to get some better towing performance out of my 05 sCrew. I go camping quite a bit in CO and carry a 7000 lb trailer up and down the passes. It workds pretty well, but I plan on getting an ATV to carry (in the bed) which I know will take pretty good down to unbearable rather quickly. With the extra load, I want to be able to stop as well as go.
I've decided on the following to help so far: Firestone Ride-Right Airbag helper springs. Edge Tuner. Powerslot Rotors and Hawk LTS pads. I will probably slurge for a leveling kit while I am at it but know that doesn't affect much.
My guess is that all of this will help significantly, but I think I want to go one step further. I all but decided to swap my 3.73 gears for 4.10 gears but decided to look around some more. 12-1400 is quite a bit-o-dinero for 9% increase in ratio.
No for the question. I whether people thought that gears or an equivelant dollar amount put into power (engine) performance was the way to go. I have done nothing to the truck as of now. Obviously eFans, CAI and exaust would be the things I would look to do instead of gears.
Thoughts?
I've decided on the following to help so far: Firestone Ride-Right Airbag helper springs. Edge Tuner. Powerslot Rotors and Hawk LTS pads. I will probably slurge for a leveling kit while I am at it but know that doesn't affect much.
My guess is that all of this will help significantly, but I think I want to go one step further. I all but decided to swap my 3.73 gears for 4.10 gears but decided to look around some more. 12-1400 is quite a bit-o-dinero for 9% increase in ratio.
No for the question. I whether people thought that gears or an equivelant dollar amount put into power (engine) performance was the way to go. I have done nothing to the truck as of now. Obviously eFans, CAI and exaust would be the things I would look to do instead of gears.
Thoughts?
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If you did every aftermarket mod available to your truck, you would be lucky to unlock 50HP (And it would cost a bunch of money). If you are towing heavy loads, gears are the way to go.
I agree that 4.10s would be a waist of money. I would look at 4.30s or even 4.56s.
I agree that 4.10s would be a waist of money. I would look at 4.30s or even 4.56s.
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7000lbs and a ATV, up and down mountain passes, go 4.56's you'll get better towing and better engine braking coming back down. It's a win-win in my opinion. Lose some gas mileage on the highway, but you may make some up climbing those big hills.
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I would add the gears; you may also want to do the cold air intake, exhaust and tuner as well. But your still no going to see as big of gains as you will gain with gears, I would say go with 4.30s at least. The biggest gains in HP are from a supercharger, which will run you a lot more than gears. I just kind of curious, why you didn't step up to a super duty V8 or V10? If you were going to be hauling this kind of weight. There honestly much better designed for heavy towing and heavy pay loads. That would be the option I would look at if you’re not going to go to upside down in payments. I think you would be much happier that way. But as said before gears are probably the way to go in your situation.<o></o>
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As always, the situation is, we had a much lighter camper before we bought this one. Now we want more toys. The new truck was one of the options I looked at and I am enough upside-down that the investment in this truck seems more worth it. Quite honestly, we have a stang convertable that we drive more often than the truck. I'm putting about 8000 miles a year on the truck including the trip back east (3600 miles). During the week, it goes about 2 miles per day to take the kids to school. Then the 8 or 10 camping trips. I can't thnk that it would be a good idea to get a new truck with as much driiving as I do so I just want to make this one as good as I can make it.
BTW, jsut got back from 4WD shop #1 and they said 1750 for gears which would dip into the budget some. I could get the best CAI, Exaust and eFans there are and still not spend that kind of money.
BTW, jsut got back from 4WD shop #1 and they said 1750 for gears which would dip into the budget some. I could get the best CAI, Exaust and eFans there are and still not spend that kind of money.
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BTW, jsut got back from 4WD shop #1 and they said 1750 for gears which would dip into the budget some. I could get the best CAI, Exaust and eFans there are and still not spend that kind of money.
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