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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 08:05 PM
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Pretty much any taller tire is going to be wider also, which would require a spacer in the rear to fit two side by side.

Interco makes a 34x10.5, I would think that a 35x10.5 would be great, but good luck finding one.
 
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 01:30 AM
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I was defininately up to speed on the spacers needed. I just didnt want to get so outrageous that I face other issues, short term or long term!
 
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 07:11 AM
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I hear ya... I really didn't like my 3.55's when I first got them but that was when the truck was still mostly stock.

Now with Stage I's and my PHP chip I'm very happy with them.
 
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 03:34 PM
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Sounds like I need to go to 355's with my 99 dually ...... my truck is in our shop today ... new fuel filter ...... getting a larger tranny cooler and piggy backing it to the stockl cooler .... so I will be running them in tandem for future use .....
Tomorrow I flush the tranny and put new fluid in it and filter ... etc ..... Have had the truck for about 40 days ...... and its about ready to haul .... had to put close to $2000 in it after i bought it ..... very sound truck ... just lots of little things wrong with it that add up after time
 
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 04:29 PM
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i got to make my 82 mile round trip to work today, 48 of that is crossing a 24 mile bridge, and the rest is mostly hwy and a few lights. i averaged 16ish, not bad coming from 12 with the 4.10's, but not as good as the SWR getting 17-18ish.
 
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 07:42 PM
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16 isn't bad at all
 
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 08:39 PM
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Made me smile. Beats 12
 
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:06 PM
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I just got to run my 3.55 LS unit for the first time yesterday. I LOVE them. I don't notice any difference hardly at all. Except for the huge RPM drop. I can hit 80 now and still don't see 2500 rpm like at 70 with the 4.10s. And it isn't so dang torquey at the low low end. Love it.
 
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better tranny shifts,too!
 
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 09:45 PM
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Glad you like them.

i didn't see any diff. in shifting
 
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 09:47 PM
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And it isn't so dang torquey at the low low end. Love it.
That's the part i love. I like when i hook to something it feels like it's going to pull the trailer from under the load
 
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 01:09 PM
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That's the part i love. I like when i hook to something it feels like it's going to pull the trailer from under the load
I can definitely appreciate that. They're total man-gears in our rigs. I just got tired of feeling like it was gonna pull my body out from under my head!
 
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