i have 3.73 gears will 33" tires hurt my truck?

BoCountyBoy98 · Mar 8, 2010

i have a 98 mazda b4000. i plan on puttin a 3" body lift and getting 33" * 12.50" tires. i have 3.73 gears now. can i put 33"s on my truck without it hurting anything or would i need to consider a gear change? im not worryed about gas milege im just consered about transmission problems down the road.

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bsmithbyitch · Mar 8, 2010

with 33's you would idealy need 4.56 gears......i have 33's and 4.10's now and never get to use fifth gear.......if you have an auto transmission, it will wear it out pretty quick without the gear change and if its a stick you'll burn through clutchs quickly but with it you will be just fine.....when you do the body lift make sure you get all the brackets to level out your bumpers and raidiator shroud.....or you could always take it off.....you will probally have to do a t-bar crank to clear the 33's with just 3 inches but good luck and happy wheelin.

BoCountyBoy98 · Mar 8, 2010

thanks that helps me out

Destroyer000 · Mar 8, 2010

ive got 33s with 4.10s and the truck goes just fine. i use 5th gear all the time.. 456s would be ideal but hey you work with what you have. the explorer i have has an a4ld with 33s and its running 3.73s its a little doggy but hey the ole man just puts around town with it anyways so that combo works.

legoms013 · Mar 9, 2010

just roll around for 3 months on your 33's with 3.73's then do a gear change when you have the money. then you wont be hurting your truck to bad and you'll have time to save up some money, and when you do the gear change you'll be very appreciative of the extra oomph and regained power that was lost with the 33's. plus when you spread spending money out over to increaments it provides the illusion that you arent spending as much :icon_twisted:

Thats how I would do it if I were going to. Oh wait thats exactly what im gonna do when i get the money (except with 33x10.5's).

BUT if you do alot of highway driving I would highly suggest doing tires and gears (4.10s minimum, ideally 4.56's) relatively close to each other timewise. That would be the most ideal way to do it, but thats gonna be around $2k total depending on what tires your getting and how you go about getting thr gears changed.

94rangersplash · Mar 11, 2010

I had 33s with 3.73 and 5 speed for about 4 years and could do anything i wanted to do. Use 5th gear and cruise and not have to down shift on hills or anything. Gas milage not that great but oh well. 4.56 are good now but the 3.73 was fine

Russell123 · Apr 30, 2010

I have a first gen ranger with manual windows.
I want to replace the doors but the donor truck has power windows.

I sit possible to convert the donor doors from power windows to manual windows? What would that take to convert?

Thanks

craveman85 · May 1, 2010

lost are we?

feellnfroggy · May 3, 2010

With the auto trans I dont think you would have too difficult a time, just my opinion. The think that will hurt you most is the 33" height combined with the 12.50 width. a narrower 33 would be less rolling resistance at high speed and not hurt you so bad. But you will still be a long time before you see any damage from anytire size unless you go over 35"

kris97ranger · May 17, 2010

i ran 33s on 3.73s just fine still got 450kms to a tank and had plenty of power

corrond56 · May 17, 2010

I have 33s with 373 and an auto and it is constantly down shifting. I have the 3.0 though and I have a shop installing my 456 in my new 8.8 right now

Nick · Dec 27, 2010

can u fit 4.56 gears in an 8.8? ive got a 3.73 in my 7.5 ranger now getting ready to go 33s. 90 xlt2wd 3in body lift 2 in susp lift. any pics of these?

Foxracin · Dec 27, 2010

Yep, you can put 4.56 in 8.8 just have to notch a tooth on the ring gear a little to get the cross pin in or buy a notched cross pin. I notched the gear a little and would recommend doing that over the notched cross pin if you do it.

i have 3.73 gears will 33" tires hurt my truck?

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