Should I Get Gears

[mra4x4]

hi i new to the site and was wondering if eny one could help me with my problem i have a 2001 2500hd with a 6.0 vortech,cold air intake,shift kit and peformance exhaust.the truck runs great but i am wanting more acceleration off the start like i will punch it and the exhaust screams but there is a delay befor i take off.i have ben throwing aroud the idea of geting 4:56 rear end gears and my question is would it be worth the money and will they fix my acceleration problen.please help me with this thanks.

[66nova]

hi i new to the site and was wondering if eny one could help me with my problem i have a 2001 2500hd with a 6.0 vortech,cold air intake,shift kit and peformance exhaust.the truck runs great but i am wanting more acceleration off the start like i will punch it and the exhaust screams but there is a delay befor i take off.i have ben throwing aroud the idea of geting 4:56 rear end gears and my question is would it be worth the money and will they fix my acceleration problen.please help me with this thanks.

 

Gears may be your answer, but without knowing your tire size and what gear you have now it is hard to say what to change to.

 

BUT, and this is a BIG but. I would highly highly highly recommend visiting this website... www.blackbearperformance.com

 

You will be absolutely amazed at what he can do for you. A custom Black Bear tune will net you a lot more then your CAI, exhaust and shift kit have.

 

Plus, it is much cheaper than gears.

[mra4x4]

thanks alot i will check that site out forsure.i have 35 inch tires and a 6 inch lift so it is pretty hard geting off the line quick.eny more recommendations??

[66nova]

thanks alot i will check that site out forsure.i have 35 inch tires and a 6 inch lift so it is pretty hard geting off the line quick.eny more recommendations??

 

 

Well, with 35in tires and I am assuming 3.73 or 4.10 gears. If you have 3.73's I would say yes definitely need gears. If you have 4.10s then it could go either way.

 

If you always plan on having 35s then 4.56's would be the way to go. If you think you may step up to 37s in the future then I would go ahead and go with 4.88s

[mra4x4]

nah im gona stay with 35's mpg already sux enuf lol.what is the best way to find out what kind of gears i have now?and do u think the diffrence would be better than a tune or would a tune be a more noticeable change?i do plan on doing both in the future but was jus wondering wich to do first?

[66nova]

nah im gona stay with 35's mpg already sux enuf lol.what is the best way to find out what kind of gears i have now?and do u think the diffrence would be better than a tune or would a tune be a more noticeable change?i do plan on doing both in the future but was jus wondering wich to do first?

 

In the glove box is all the RPO codes (It will be a GT#...example GT4 or GT7). Those codes can tell you what gears you have.

 

If you have 4.10s I would get the tune first. If you have 3.73s then I would get the gears then tune. I will say the tune is going to wake your truck up sooooooooooooooo much.

 

Search on this site for Black Bear Tunes, you will see a ton of positive feed back.

[mra4x4]

awesome wel i jus checked and i have gt5 code so i looked on google and it said i have 4.10s.so i am going to go with the tune first.thanks for all the advice i really apperichate it.

[Stevens03]

I think the tune would be the best option to try first. Removal of TM and other tuning will get you off the line faster. I think you'll be happy. If it doesn't give you the result you need, then 4.56's would be a nice boost as well.