Staying in the power band on the highway is part of it.
However what I notice going up tire sizes in a stick shift is more is what you lose in low range. It tends to stall more. I actually went to 5.29 on 33" but that was with a 22R-E and was way too excessive since I had 4.7 gears in the transfer case.
I'm thinking at least 4.56 and maybe 4.88 in my truck with 33" and that's got a 4.0L, but it's got a ratio spacing challenged 6 speed with a 1st that's just not low enough even stock.
To be fair I kind of stall a lot anyway lol.
Anyways updates coming soon. I now have Mevotech Supreme rear upper and lower control arms on order. Apparently they are probably the only aftermarket rubber bushing control arms that even come close to rivaling the OEMS, not bad for 240 shipped for 4 arms. Maybe someday I'll do some beefier lowers but I'm not wheeling quite that hard yet.
@On the RX is also donating his old adjustable panhard to me, just needs new bushings so I ordered those as well. I'll probably also do either the Eimkeith PCK or a frame drop bracket to correct that (I know the PCK is technically a little better but it's also twice the price and I need to get it welded and painted).
I've got a seal kit for the locker actuator on order. I actually took it apart the other night and other than the seals being pretty old and the grease being dry it was in almost perfect shape. Last night I made some progress on cleaning up the old paper seal for the third a bit more but some of this stuff is stupidly stubborn, probably the original 360k paper seal. Also picked up the front diff from the same donor truck last weekend. it's in great shape as far as I can tell and I've been cleaning it up (it was absolutely caked in road grime, probably never saw a good wash in it's life but it's also nearly rust free). The downside is the drain plug is REALLY stuck. I think it's going to take some welding to get out at this point, tried heat and chissel with no success. I managed to find someone local who not only had the ECGS tool for removing the driver side needle bearing on these clamshells but he also had a spare ECGS bushing so now I won't have to worry about plugging this in and getting that loud whirring noise from worn out needle bearing.
Also have some LEDs and resistors coming in that I will use for my blinkers instead of installing something on the bumper, taking up the small panel below my headlights. DIYing this is WAY cheaper than the premade ones, should be pretty easy to do with my drill press and a step bit.
Last thing, I ordered some front disco sway links, should be in on time for the spooky night run so excited to have the best of both worlds on and offroad.
Somehow my bank account isn't magically dry after all this purchasing. Really helps I guess that I had a bunch of overtime two weeks in a row at the beginning of the month.
Can't wait to have this list that has just stacked up on me start to dwindle again and excited to see how capable the truck will be.
