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5.7 hemi 37 tires and 5.38s good or bad

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Old 05-17-2015, 10:29 AM
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Wondering if anyone with a hemi is running 5.38 gears and 37s. Reason im asking is I have a built up set of rubicon axles with 5.38s all ready installed. Currently have 5.13s in stock sahara axles so not to big a jump to 5.38s
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Originally Posted by happyjonn
Wondering if anyone with a hemi is running 5.38 gears and 37s. Reason im asking is I have a built up set of rubicon axles with 5.38s all ready installed. Currently have 5.13s in stock sahara axles so not to big a jump to 5.38s
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I am running 4.56 gears with 35s and there are times I wish I would have left the 4.10 gears in.
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I have 38s and a hemi with 5:13 gears. 5:38 would be a little low but do able. Here in SoCal I hit 75-80 mph on the freeway regularly. How fast do you want to drive? If 70 is fast enough the. You will be. Fine.
This is all assuming you have a 545 rfe trans
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would also depend on year of the 545... 2006 and up has 0.5:1 5th gear. 5.38's at 80 is only 2000rpm with 37's... according to grimm's calculator.



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