well, i think im one of the few that can use 5th gear in my 88 p/u with a 22re. i can accelerate in 5th up to about 90. (on flat ground). i still have the 4th gear hill climb, but depending on the hill, i can shift into 5th and it will still accellerate. lets see who else can do this...
REBUILT TRANSMISSIONS ROCK.

 

I could before the boggers, but I should still be eable too since the regear.

X2 on rebuilt trannys

 

I can but my speedo stops a 85 so I don't know past that. But shes still got some left.

BTW, you didnt say it had to be 4wd. lol

 

neither did i.... lol. damn not even 11am and i already got a good buzz goin... guess the peppermint schnapps in the coffee is a bad idea from now on... tasty though... thank god i dont gotta drive newhere..
hey ur lucky at least u GOT a speedometer! lol.. i snapped my cable while trying to drill forward the mileage so it would be accurate...

 

Haha. I snapped the one on my 86 turbo runner. Digital dash so I drove it for about 2 weeks with a big green 0 in front of me. Finallly replaced it and man was that a bitch to get it over the auto trans. lol

 

lol. i just fixed my e-brake.. the cable came out of the handle. talk about a PITA... i noticed the speedo cable is right there too... i hope it wont be too bad, it doesnt look it.

 

My 5th gear actually gets me up some hills on some days.
Once I get under 60mph in 5th I gotta shift or it just keeps losing speed.
I guess my speedos not right though unless my truck came with 31's stock...

 

I use 5th just fine, got kb pistons w/ a rv2 though!!!!!!!!!!!

 

well I could until I put the 33s on now I'm limited to about 75 on flat and I'm not even talk about going up hills.

 

I use 5th all the time but it's pretty flat here. On some hills I have to downshift.

Rob

 

mine pulls pretty good. the bearing is on its way out though.

 

5th shouldn't be an issue with it geared properly. 31s should be 4.56s, 33s should be 4.88s, 35+ should be 5.29s.

I set my cruise control at 75mph in 5th pulling my camping trailer without any issues.

 

5th gear's alright here in the flats for me, will pull at 50mph+, although if she sees a hill in the distance - to 4th she goes. (85 4rnr, 22re, 31x10.50, 4.10s)

 

Anyone who never went to larger than stock tires or anyone who regeared after putting 33" or taller tires.

 

I use 5th pretty regularly on flats over 65mph (94, 4Runner, 22RE, 31s, 4.33s)

 

I can get 4200 RPM in 5th with the 33" BFG A/Ts

I can get to 3600 RPM in 5th on 34x10.50 LTB swampers, it has some left but feels like it wants to shake apart .

4.88s, LCE EFI pro longblock

 

my '88 does fine in 5th ....it has stock size tires though

My '93 with 31x10.5s used to do just fine in 5th...before 4th and 5th started slipping...

 

according to the plate on the side of my door, it came stock with 225/75/15 tires.... when i first got it it had 33" mudders on it, then we changed them to the stock size, then when those wore out got the 31x10.50/15 bfg A/Ts. the BFG A/Ts have performed the best, even better than the 'stock' tires... i can accellerate faster now than i could with the 'stock' size on. weird huh?

 

i can just hold speed while in 5th.

 

i use my 5th geart, but i max out at like 70 mph with 33s and stock gears [speedo uncorrected] so i geuss i max out around 75-80 or so.

hills are a no no

i must regear