gears or trans swap

[repofrank8]

what would be better? running all stock except for 33s, Should I swap for a 700r4 or gears to 373s. any suggestions?

 

[Westech]

in what? the 09 or the 08?

 

[hndrsonj]

Got to be the 08. I'd go with 3:73's.

 

[101coolcars]

I just put 35's on M1028, it drives alot better on the highway, maybe 66 MPH, I just put a NV4500 and 35's on a different M1028 and It drives perfect. IMO. hope that sheds some light for you. thanks

 

[Croatan_Kid]

I, myself, prefer keeping the lower gears and adding an OD gear.

 

[repofrank8]

oops sorry in a 1028 that will never be loaded or tow anything

 

[blazer85]

If I remember right, the FF14bolt has a carrier break at 3.73 and down, 4.10 and up. Which means the highest gear you could run with the 4.56 carrier would be a 4.10.

 

[11Echo]

Well, depends on how big/small the budget is. With a huge budget I'd likely get all the parts to install a 4L80E. Seconded by installing a 700R4.

With a small budget, go with 35" tires and a limited amount of front wheelwell trimming.

A change to 3.73's would require changing the carrier also meaning more cost. The 3.73's do work well with 33" tires.

I run 33.3" 255/85-16 BFG's om my 1008.

 

[ecostruction]

Do you have rubbing with those 33.3" tires on your 1008?

 

[11Echo]

Do you have rubbing with those 33.3" tires on your 1008?

No rubbing or clearance problems at all.

My other K30 in the pic runs 235/85-16's and 3.73 gears.

 

[Cucvnut]

go with lower gears and 33's you will be happy

 

[NDT]

What about the lazy but high dollar option 3, the Gear Vendors overdrive unit? Anyone running it? Seems like you could install it in an hour. Much easier than the ratio swap or trans swap.

 

[Cucvnut]

i have yet to see a gear vendors off the back of a 208. but im sure it would work just need a shorter drive shaft

 

[Dieselsmoke]

Seems like you could install it in an hour.

Not a chance, done a ton of them. You do need to shorten the rear driveshaft, and the Gear Vendor doesn't work in 4x4.

There is one custom built 4x4 Gear Vendor unit in existence, one of their former employees did it trying to convince them that there was a market for a 4x4 unit.

 

[Dieselsmoke]

I, myself, prefer keeping the lower gears and adding an OD gear.

I agree.

 

[Rock_Solid]

Ive seen a guy machine a Klune between a t400/205. Pretty sick because you can run even higher gears for highway use!

High Impact - Klune-V Extreme Underdrive

 

[Rock_Solid]

gears.

 

[wallew]

I just put 35's on M1028, it drives alot better on the highway, maybe 66 MPH, I just put a NV4500 and 35's on a different M1028 and It drives perfect. IMO. hope that sheds some light for you. thanks

I saw the M1028 he put the NV4500 with 35's on it. It WAS slick. I loved his mandrel bent exhaust system. Plus what a nice touch it was with a 'pineapple grenade' as the shifter for his NV4500 standard tranny.

Plus his shop is great. It's really clean. Everything is organized. He has a slick new paint booth and his own dyno, though in all honesty, it's only for two wheel drive vehicles.

But all and all, it was a great tour. His work on muscle cars is STELLAR. Really. No, I don't work for him. I did like a shop that was so clean you could eat off the floor. And that's while he had six or eight bays going with all sorts of muscle cars being built, rebuilt, repaired, etc.

Oh, and I concur. 3.73's with the 33's will probably do everything you are looking for.