Gear ratios

And still being able to reach speeds of 80 mph confortably cruising! ^ If this is impossible, that's unfortunate. Just trying to find more than I know.

Thank you for your response! I appreciate the knowledge you have shared, which was helpful but not exactly what I was looking for. I am aware of how changing the differet ratios affects the mpg. However, what im trying to achieve is reaching the MDS mode. The truck doesnt have the torque to run the MDS mode with the current gears. Lowering the gears would only make the truck lug more and have more strain trying to accelerate and hold speed. I want to take some of the strain off, reduce the lugging to help maintain speed. When the truck isn't having to lug to keep up it will shift into MDS mode like I want. So I'm trying to increase the gear ratio, to reduce the strain on the motor, (increasing torque/rpm), therefore allowing the truck to reach its MDS mode. I'm trying not to kick a dead horse here, just doing my best to explain my theory.

Yes sir, thank you. The trick is, I'm trying to keep my setup and make magic happen pretty much. Keeping my setup, just modifying my gears to accommodate the torque instead of my tires.

I have not, but I have seen no sign of issue with it. I'll conult with my local dealer and see if they detect any problems or can help me. Thank you

Appreciate it!

Hi I'm Scott I got probably the same truck as you 456