32 vs 33 on a 2.8

[maty]

my brother has a 2.8 diesel he wants o put either 32 or 33s what are you opinions willl the 2.8 have enough power?

[dumbdunce]

with stock suspension the 33's will rub pretty bad. the 2.8 will turn them ok but the loss of torque will be noticable, unless he needs the approach/rampover of 33's for more hardcore stuff go the 32's.

[ausyota]

I have 32 at the moment and the 2.8 handels them OK.
Makes me wish for a turbo though
If he wants to put on 33s chuck in some diff centres from a petrol lux (4.88 ratio) and it will bring his gearing back to standard (or close anyway).
Paul.

[hypo]

i had 33's on my 2.8 with standard gears 4 months and never worried it.. yeah it had extractors and that but it wasnt that noticable.. go the 33's he will regret buying the 32's and realise like a month down the trck he should have got 33's

[MUSS]

i competed against a hilux that was runnin 33x12.5 muddies he had a stock standard 2.8 turbo and he recon with a little bit of turbo tweekin that the 2.8 runs awesome with 33's and that he said he plans on goin bigger id like to see that tryin to climb a steep incline

[maty]

ausyota - what suspension mods have you done? my brother doesn't want to drive the truck on the road so he can go pretty soft spring for articulation, he and i are building it up the truck to drive only off road.

[ausyota]

At the moment my suspension is CRAP I have IFS front end.
But soon to be swapped out for a solid diff .
I did a 40mm body lift to clear the 32s and put some longer shackles and shockies in to give a bit more lift.
Ask me about my suspension in a few months time.
Im planning on my lux being a flexy biatch.
Paul.

[diesel028]

I have 2" susp lift with 33's........Scrapes the inner guards at full articulation with the wheels turned slightly. Power doesnt get affected too much. I have extractors also.

[.MYTLUX.]

go with the 33"s i run 33"'s with a stock standard 2.8 and its ok on the road and once your in low ratio you wont notice the differnce, as for clearence i have a 2" susp lift and the tyres scrub the inner guard a bit, but nothing to drastic, one day ill fit my 2" body lift which will sort the prob.

[1HI80]

the Silver bullet Lux was running 36 swampers with the stock engine a tuff truck last year.

[dumbdunce]

yes but at tuff truck the silver bullet had crawler transfer gears - still an impressive effort for a 2.2 slug.

now the silver bullet has a 2.4 with aftermarket turbo running 12psi, and 35" simexs - sounds and goes pretty hard. no more transfer gears though :(


Iknow how hard it goes cos a couple of weeks after I installed the motor and turbo I had to put new gears in the rear diff. no more locker burnouts!

[RUFF]

yes but at tuff truck the silver bullet had crawler transfer gears - still an impressive effort for a 2.2 slug.

now the silver bullet has a 2.4 with aftermarket turbo running 12psi, and 35" simexs - sounds and goes pretty hard. no more transfer gears though :(


Iknow how hard it goes cos a couple of weeks after I installed the motor and turbo I had to put new gears in the rear diff. no more locker burnouts!

So this is your rig or you just did some work on it?

[MUSS]

nar tony he just did the mods sounds like he owns it tho dunno why you would want a 2.4 hilux in the first place

[Pal]

my brother has a 2.8 diesel he wants o put either 32 or 33s what are you opinions willl the 2.8 have enough power?

It will have enough power to turn the 33s off road.

[dumbdunce]

ruff no not mine, like jake said I've just done some work on it. Denny Danis is the owner/driver.


I've seen what that truck has been through, I wouldn't want it!!





EDIT: spelled Denny's name wrong!

[83 lux]

i have a 2.2 deisel
and i turn 32 just fine
no worries but
i have 4.88 diffs