35"inch tyres

[muddies]

If i go to 35's will i have to change the diffs on my gq 4.2 diesel turbo?

I already have 33's on their now.

[Daisy]

another diff ratio thread.....

search is your friend... and there you will find the answers.....

[beretta]

Dude I run 35's and my GQ is non-turbo, lost a little power around town I don't find it too bad, but it is noticeable on hill climbs in low range, probably almost lost a gear power wise, if you know what I mean. You should be fine with turbo, depends what you use the car for most, I do heaps of highway k's so I don't mind it myself.

[Hoonz]

i have a GQ ute ... turbo diesel 35s are awesome with 4.11 gearing!
of off road tho i use marks crawler gears
awesome!

[beretta]

Yep crawler gears would be awesome, thats wot I want, but cash is problem at the moment!!

[Hoonz]

it'll cost u the same to re gear your diffs

[morkz]

u dont have to do anything

depends what u like

at the start i didnt mind the standard gearing on my 4.2 turbo gu

but in the end am please that i went to 4.6 ratios

[Tiny]

I run 35s on the turbo, and they are fine around town, and I love the revs cruisin on the highway.......nice and loooowww.

I definatly want crawlers for offroad, it can get a touch scary on rock steps etc, and I think you are better off with crawlers than ratios

[Bingham]

yeah what tiny said......

you wont need new ratios if turbo'd even mine is borderline ok none turbo'd

[ludacris]

I am running 3.9 with 35's without a problem champ.

[Jeff White]

I run 35 muds and 36 SX Swampers around town depending on my mood, with no dramas at all (4.2 turbo diesel wagon), off road I run marks adaptors transfer case gears as well. THERE THE SHIT!!!!!!!

[Cossie]

I was wondering the same thing as I have a TD42 Maverick that I was considering going to 35's on.

Is it totally pointless without a turbo?

Are 33's good enough off road? Mine only runs 31's atm and just drags its diffs everywhere it goes

[bazzle]

To keep things in perspective:

If you have 4.1s now, 4.625 will give same gearing on 35s as 31 on 4.1s.
If you have a turbo one ratio higher often works OK ..
ie, 4.375s.

Bazzle

[Red Rover]

You are kidding right? 35's no turbo & 4.1's?

Maybe I expect too much from my cars. Mine was SHITHOUSE without a turbo, and thats with 4.3's. After I towed the camper to bathurst with 285's, 4.3's and no turbo I was ready to blow it up. FARK I was shitty, I kid you not.

Great now with a turbo. I thought the petrol was RS with the 4.3's towing and still a bit gutless with the camper with the 35's

35 = 4.3 or 4.6 diffs IMO

Whats exceptable all depends on your own point of view and what you find eceptable (or tolerable for that matter).

Cheers

[bru21]

its a truck drive it like one and you will not be dissapointed. to be honest i didn't notice much with 35's on my tb42 with 3.9's. you only get to use 5th for over 110kph though

[Tiny]

its a truck drive it like one and you will not be dissapointed. to be honest i didn't notice much with 35's on my tb42 with 3.9's. you only get to use 5th for over 110kph though

Too right........if you try and drive like its a V8 car, you will be dissapointe. get used to preparing for the hill, and changing down frequently, but I am sure you prolly need to do this with the 31s anyway

[Cossie]

meh think I'll just go 33's and leave it at that.

[DBW]

You guys have it good!

I've got 4.6's allright, and a turbo, also 35's but guess whats pushing it? The mighty 2.8TD

[Hoonz]

You guys have it good!

I've got 4.6's allright, and a turbo, also 35's but guess whats pushing it? The mighty 2.8TD

[A1]

I drove a few times wif 37"s and 4.1s ...4.2d N/A yeah it was a bit slugish but easy to deal wif ...........i now have 4.8's and u still can notice that ya turnin the bigga meats .........


And yes i have cralwers also for offroad dutys no otha way to do it




Dan

[Red Rover]

its a truck drive it like one and you will not be dissapointed. to be honest i didn't notice much with 35's on my tb42 with 3.9's. you only get to use 5th for over 110kph though

Too right........if you try and drive like its a V8 car, you will be dissapointe. get used to preparing for the hill, and changing down frequently, but I am sure you prolly need to do this with the 31s anyway

I don't think so, if I can cure it with a turbo & 4.3's to get it to drive acceptable, then I'll do it. Intercooler next.

As for driving it like a v8, even it wasn't such a pain in the arse to do it plus the fuel economy, I'd have one for sure

Doesn't have to be like a truck..............and I'm sure there's plenty of power hungry guys out there that will agree. If not then I'm just impatient.

[xw383]

I am running 33 muddies now. Soon 35 offroad, not going 4 crawler gears because of the expense. I have to keep it legal so no hassles with insurance or cops. I tow a drag car so can't go 2 big a lift. Whats ur reason 2 go 35s

[adam.s]

Whats ur reason 2 go 35s

They look fat

Nah more seriously, my reasons for wanting larger tread:

a) Will change the gearing both so it's slower crawling, and

b) So it does 100km/hour at a lower RPM (4 speed gearbox), and

c) Better ground clearance - at the moment my 100L LP gas tank sits very low (mounted where the factory petrol tank was).

Admitadly,

a) is not really needed because I have low range.

b) is not really needed because it will do 100km/hr easy on 30's, it is just nicer to not have the engine doing 3100rpm if i don't have to.

c) is not really needed because when I fit body/suspension lifts it should fix this problem.

35's would be nice, but I think 33's are probably a better realistic option for me.

Everyone loves a tonka truck though