Gear To Tires Size

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Jun 10, 2008 | 12:36 PM

82odyota

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Gear To Tires Size

i recently purchased a 82 22r with 5.71 gears and was wondering if running 5.29's would be better or worse as far as mileage and if the 4cyl would be able to turn a set of 39.5's with 5.29's

Jun 10, 2008 | 12:55 PM

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The little 4-bangers like to rev faster for better mileage, you'll get better MPG with the 5.71s for sure. When I ran 5.29s with my 33s, I got about 10% better MPG than I dp now with 4.88s and 33s.

http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/4R_TechI...tml#DiffRatios