gearing for 44" tires?

What do you think i should gear my 94 ranger to pull 44" tires. I don't plan to be mudding with the truck just drivin it on the weekend? i got a 4.0 and a 5 speed??? i'm gonna have a d44 and my stock 8.8 for axles

No.

Just no.

3.54:1 should be just fine....

Bad idea, why?

my mall crawler has a crawl ratio of 40:1 so I would say stock ratio is fine.

Don't worry about the gearing because with a D44 and 8.8" the weight of the 44's will snap the hubs off in no time.
5.13 is the highest you can get for an 8.8" I think.

Your limited by whats available.



Do you know what a Rockwell is?

ignerntkneece said:

What do you think i should gear my 94 ranger to pull 44" tires. I don't plan to be mudding with the truck just drivin it on the weekend? i got a 4.0 and a 5 speed??? i'm gonna have a d44 and my stock 8.8 for axles

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dude....really man....i said it could be done with a 44....but ur just pushing the limits of logics now

i said before, i wouldnt reccomend anythign above a 40" tire for those axles.....
and thats just for street use driving like miss daisy....

youre going to need like 7.13's for what u want todo, and ull top out at about 50mph

you need more power and axles that can handle it......

my old ranger on 44's had a mild small block in it, and 4.56's and i wheeled that with a heavy right foot....i never woulda thought about driving it on the street with anything more then 35's though, street use can alot of times be harder on axles then the mud.....mud is forgiving, pavement isnt

If you want to put 44's on do it, play safe & post pics.

skyhigh91 said:

If you want to put 44's on do it, play safe & post pics.

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id rather see a really capable righ on like 38's, instead of a truck thats useless on 44's which is why im saying not to run 44's

ok i don't believe alot of this, i'm gonna do it, there is a ranger in my town on a d44 and a 9" with a bone stock 289 motor. i know it can be done. That 289 ain't got that much more power than my little 4.0

Ok go do it. dont listen to us. Dont forget that your stopping distance will be trippled.

What state are you in? I dont want to be near by.

ignerntkneece said:

ok i don't believe alot of this, i'm gonna do it, there is a ranger in my town on a d44 and a 9" with a bone stock 289 motor. i know it can be done. That 289 ain't got that much more power than my little 4.0

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sure, dont beileve the people on here that have built dozens of the rig your dreaming of building.

the 8.8 WILL FRIGGIN EXPLODE, im done being nice here, i plan on breaking the 8.8 in my truck atleast once every 3 months, you have a 28 spline 8.8, the gear u will need to atleast make it todo 50mph simply do not exists for the rears.

the d44 for someone that has NEVER from the sound of it built a truck bigger then a slightly modded ranger, will SHATTER before it leaves your town, there is no question about it.

NOW if u said u were going to run a 9" in the back with moly axles, then id say that sure, it would hold up to bein just a cruiser.

and if u planned on using a 44 with moly axles and d60 big bearing outers, sure it might hold up to the occasional muddy road.

BUT what ur talking about is just ludacris, there is no way simply that a geared 8.8 and d44 will hold up to this. it just wont......there is no other way for us to tell you.

have u ever TALKED to the guy that has the ranger with the 44's in your town, do u know what kind of money he has tied up in it??

and comparing a 289 to a 4.0 isnt even a comparison, i personally believe the 289 was the MOST reliable v8 ford EVER produced, even more so the a 302(which is based on the 289), it produces ALOT more torque, has no emissions equipment, has 2 more cylinders and has a much lower powerband, where as your 4.0 sure it makes decent power and torque, but the gearin u will need and the rpm u will need to run the motor at ocnstatly to make it even POSSIBLE would quickly kill your 4.0 as well.....






well....that being said, if u really dont want to take the advice of everyone here that has done it time and time again, then go ahead and do it, but dont plan on us helping you when u start complainin about your 8.8 exploding into a million pieces and your truck being iompounded for being a hazord to yourself and others


have a nice day

metalmacguyver said:

Ok go do it. dont listen to us. Dont forget that your stopping distance will be trippled.

What state are you in? I dont want to be near by.

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lol, i know he aint nowhere near me, cause that truck would be impounded the second it hits the street, no questions asked

Ok I have some input on this as I know someone with a truck on 44’s on a Dana 44 and 8.8. It’s an F-150 with a 351, T-18, 1356, and the Dana 44 and 8.8 with 4.56’s open spinning 44’s. He bought the truck to use the platform for putting one tons under it, as it needs then bad. Not only is he pushing the axles but the drive shafts and t-case.

He only DD’s the damn thing as he knows it will blow up if he tries to take it into the woods. He has already blown the rear pulling out of a gas station.

WE all told him not to buy the damn thing but he did anyway. I mean why DD a huge truck what will get shitty gas mileage? But if he does put 1 tons under it my thoughts of the truck will change.

So please take our advice, putting 44” rubber on ½ ton axles is just flat out dumb.

Hey I support your idea to dream big but Rangers are small trucks and the driveline components just can't handle a tire that size. The 8.8 is a good strong and reliable axle up to 35s or maybe 37s but after that it's just not built to handle the stress. We're not trying to knock you down, just trying to give you the facts that while it seems like a fun idea, reality will set in sooner or later and it isn't feasible. 44" tires are going to cost a lot of money, so will a lift to clear them. Then you'll end up spending the same amount if not more when the axles snap and/or the motor blows. The 4.0 is a decent motor but it simply was not built to run a 1 ton driveline.