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May 14, 2010 | 08:51 AM

harrisford

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Quest For Lower Gears

Im still trying to find lower gears for my 90 F150 4x4 w/ 300 and 5 speed. for the rear i can find a exploder 8.8 but im still stuck for the front. Anyone have any cheapish ideas? Im looking for either 3.73's or 4.10's

May 14, 2010 | 09:11 AM

Conanski

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4.10 gears were more common in F250's so maybe look around your local scrapyards for a light duty F250 with the D44HD in front(small hubs) and steal the pumpkin.. that part is the same as what's on the 1/2 ton D44.

May 14, 2010 | 09:12 AM

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find the closest member on here with the same truck as yours but with them gears and kill him and steal his gears?

May 14, 2010 | 10:28 AM

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find the closest member on here with the same truck as yours but with them gears and kill him and steal his gears?

lol just keep looking in yards or save up alittle and get new gears.

May 14, 2010 | 10:40 AM

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lol just keep looking in yards or save up alittle and get new gears.

i dunno mine sounds more ligit... maybe TOOOOO ligit..... to quit lololololol

May 14, 2010 | 10:56 AM

73'360f100

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Yeah but then there's the whole prison thing and then you wouldn't be able to drive your truck so it doesn't matter what gears it has. lol

May 14, 2010 | 11:10 AM

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ya but with the right gears you can avoid capture

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May 14, 2010 | 08:10 PM

TexasGuy001

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Unless your running significantly larger tires, I would not recommend running lower gears with the 300. It is not a high reving engine and makes low end power.

May 14, 2010 | 09:36 PM

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lol yeah the jail time thing is not my style. im actually looking at running 33's to work everyday.... a friend of mine has 35'' kumhos for me....i think i'll be triming the fenders a bit...

May 15, 2010 | 01:18 AM

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If your going to run 33s with the 4.9 then 4.10s would be a good gear or something close to that ratio. I wouldn't go more than that though.

May 15, 2010 | 01:23 AM

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ok thanks. i've never done anything with gears before but i heard that you can "wedge" clutches on a limited slip so that there is less slip. how is that done? can i do it on the front too?