Highway friendly gears

DoubleS · Post by **DoubleS** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:40 am

Hey guys question, would anyone have a good recomendation and or personal experience for gear ratio for a 68 D-200, all stock rearend, to make it a little more highway friendly for cruising speeds ?? I dont intend to pull a boat or camper with this truck just want to drive it every day to work as cheap as possiable.

PDQAUTO · Post by **PDQAUTO** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:54 am

a833 with overdrive and a 323 rear works well for me /6 getting over 20 miles to the gallon

Post by **Hobcobble** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:15 am

DoubleS wrote:Hey guys question, would anyone have a good recomendation and or personal experience for gear ratio for a 68 D-200, all stock rearend, to make it a little more highway friendly for cruising speeds ?? I dont intend to pull a boat or camper with this truck just want to drive it every day to work as cheap as possiable.

The 3.54 gear is nice in the DANA 60 axles.

John

ecfuerst · Post by **ecfuerst** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:37 pm

What size tire are you guys running with those gears?

Post by **Hobcobble** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:50 am

ecfuerst wrote:What size tire are you guys running with those gears?

LT235/85/R16
John

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:10 am

What John said on ratio and tire size. Exactly what I had on my 68 D200. Mike

DoubleS · Post by **DoubleS** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:05 am

Thanks for the feed back guys I appreciate your time
Sid

ecfuerst · Post by **ecfuerst** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:53 am

Thanks guys

beastman · Post by **beastman** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:03 pm

i have the a833 od in my truck with 3.91's, though it hasnt been driven yet, on randy's ring and pinion, it calculated 2300rpm at 70mph with 27" tall tires.

rockingkay · Post by **rockingkay** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:37 am

The tag on my truck says 3:55 I am turning about 2700 at 55 with 31" tires.

jimmy · Post by **jimmy** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:59 am

I run 3.55 in my W200 with 33" tall tires and a 3spd 727. On the highway the gears are great, in town I wish I had 3.70's or lower.
Still I think its a good mix. I certainly wouldn't want 3.23s or 3.0's with the tall tires.

My truck is a pavement pounder also, it rarely sees off road.

As I recall I turn about 2500 rpms at 65mph.

mikeys_toy · Post by **mikeys_toy** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:30 pm

2.76's and 215/75/15 give me 2100 @70

surfnuke9 · Post by **surfnuke9** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:53 am

If youve got a manual transmission, you will REALLY want 3.23 or 3.54 gears. Getting started with something like 2.76's is tough.

I swapped out the D60 with 4.10's to a D70 with 3.54's and love it. running 265/85/16 tires.

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