Well i've been doing some thinking lately, i'm pretty sure i'm gonna lift my 1986 4-Runner , slap some tires on it (33's ), and re-gear.

Its a 22re Automatic with the chain t-case.

Right now i've got 31's on it and its a bit of a dog. Actually, quite a dog with not much power. It gets maybe 300km to a tank if i'm lucky ( thats about 190ish miles ). But thats for another thread lol.

Right now the truck has 4.30's i believe, so i'm guessing if i found some 4.88 thirds i'd be all set to run the 33's ?? or should i grab a set of higher gears and get them installed ?

Also, how do the speedo's work in these is their color-coded gears for the number of teeth on them for the difference in gear/tire values? I'm assuming i'd want me speedo to be pretty close to dead on for the transmission to shift properly as its got the ECT thing or does that matter?

thanks.

 

4.56's might be just right, IMO

most running stock 4.10's will go to 4.88's when running 33's

coming from stock 4.30's, you may want to go a bit further to 4.56's

that should put you a little closer to stock speedo-reading and power


just my $0.02, but I'm not expert on gearing

 

From what ive read with the automatic your gonna want to gear it one step lower. So 5.29s for 33s

 

x2...auto and 33's = 5.29's

 

Ive also got an auto in my 85 so Ive done a little research on this. Some will even recommend going to 5.71s with 33s
Im deciding between gearing it that low of just swapping in a 5speed

 

Your RPM's would most likely suck with 5.71's. Those are meant for ~37's and above from what I've read.

 

I believe there are a few on here running 5.71s with 33s and the automatic. I could be mistaken though.
Anyone on here running 5.29s with a 4cyl, 33s, auto combo?

 

Ok so i'm leaning for 5.29's now... Thanks for the advice guys.

5-Speed is a nono, i want to keep the auto. 5.71s definetly way too high as well.

 

I think TC and a couple others are...