5.4L Re-gear write-up
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5.4L Re-gear write-up
Just re-geared my Superduty in the last few weeks and figured I'd share my results with everyone. Its kinda lengthy put figured it might be useful to someone on here.
Specs:
Stock:
00 Superduty
5.4L Gasser
3.73 open diffs
265/75/16 Transforce AT's
183K miles
XA front springs
I use the truck for plowing snow and general farm use, pulling trailers, tractors, you name it. I do nothing but short 5-10 mile trips in it. The truck was pretty much a turd at everything. The rear springs sagged, I blew the trans after the first month I owned it. After that I decided I need to re-gear it and either lock up the diffs or get some limited slips. Plowing snow I really had to mash the gas to get it going and with the open diffs, traction was hard to come by.
Fast foward to this year and upgraded the following:
Jasper rebuilt trans
Dynomax bullet muffler w/turndown
Rough Country AAL in the back
Rancho 5000 shocks and steering stabilizer
4.56's gears
Eaton Posi rear
Yukon Powr-Lok front
255/85/16 Truxus MT's
SCT X3 Programmer
Finally got a few miles on the truck and a chance to plow snow now that I've got the gear swap done. The truck really gets off the line really well, but does wind out at 2500rpm at 60-65. A little high but for the short trips I do, it works well.
Plowing snow the truck is absolutely awesome now. It pushes snow like a diesel would. I no longer have to rod the truck hard to push piles, I can just creep up to a pile and let it just go right through. Plowed all day today without spinning a tire or having any traction, power, or steering issue. Both L/S units work very well and the front only has a little more steering effort to turn.
With the X3 programmer the truck shifts great and has some custom user options that work great for what I want to do with the truck.
Overall it was definitely worth the money and would recommend the same to anyone who uses thier truck like I do.
Specs:
Stock:
00 Superduty
5.4L Gasser
3.73 open diffs
265/75/16 Transforce AT's
183K miles
XA front springs
I use the truck for plowing snow and general farm use, pulling trailers, tractors, you name it. I do nothing but short 5-10 mile trips in it. The truck was pretty much a turd at everything. The rear springs sagged, I blew the trans after the first month I owned it. After that I decided I need to re-gear it and either lock up the diffs or get some limited slips. Plowing snow I really had to mash the gas to get it going and with the open diffs, traction was hard to come by.
Fast foward to this year and upgraded the following:
Jasper rebuilt trans
Dynomax bullet muffler w/turndown
Rough Country AAL in the back
Rancho 5000 shocks and steering stabilizer
4.56's gears
Eaton Posi rear
Yukon Powr-Lok front
255/85/16 Truxus MT's
SCT X3 Programmer
Finally got a few miles on the truck and a chance to plow snow now that I've got the gear swap done. The truck really gets off the line really well, but does wind out at 2500rpm at 60-65. A little high but for the short trips I do, it works well.
Plowing snow the truck is absolutely awesome now. It pushes snow like a diesel would. I no longer have to rod the truck hard to push piles, I can just creep up to a pile and let it just go right through. Plowed all day today without spinning a tire or having any traction, power, or steering issue. Both L/S units work very well and the front only has a little more steering effort to turn.
With the X3 programmer the truck shifts great and has some custom user options that work great for what I want to do with the truck.
Overall it was definitely worth the money and would recommend the same to anyone who uses thier truck like I do.
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