Hi Again:
I have placed my order for a 2003 Z71 (w/ 3.73 gears) and ran across the thread talking about 3.73 vs. 4.11 gears and from what I read, everyone was raving over the 4.11 setup. I couldn't find any negative points.
However, I was hoping that someone could offer real-world experience with the 4.11 gears vs. the 3.73.
My biggest question is how much will 4.11 hurt my gas mileage?
The 4WD is already going to chomp 1 MPG off, will the 4.11 gears chomp another 1MPG?
I was originally going to get a Z66 with 3.73 for better gas mileage, but decided on getting a 1500 Z71 4x4 (w/ 5.3 eng) because Stabilitrak wasn't available for the 2WD and resale value.
Now I'm wondering if I should change my order to the 4.11 ratio? I certainly don't want to spend 2K+ to swap out.
My dad has a Sierra 1500 2WD with 5.3 and it has a great upper end but is lacking a little on the lower end. I think the 4.11's would fix that, but I don't really want to sacrifice MPGs.
Any objective, real world help would be very much appreciated!
Again, thanks.
-Ed
I have placed my order for a 2003 Z71 (w/ 3.73 gears) and ran across the thread talking about 3.73 vs. 4.11 gears and from what I read, everyone was raving over the 4.11 setup. I couldn't find any negative points.
However, I was hoping that someone could offer real-world experience with the 4.11 gears vs. the 3.73.
My biggest question is how much will 4.11 hurt my gas mileage?
The 4WD is already going to chomp 1 MPG off, will the 4.11 gears chomp another 1MPG?
I was originally going to get a Z66 with 3.73 for better gas mileage, but decided on getting a 1500 Z71 4x4 (w/ 5.3 eng) because Stabilitrak wasn't available for the 2WD and resale value.
Now I'm wondering if I should change my order to the 4.11 ratio? I certainly don't want to spend 2K+ to swap out.
My dad has a Sierra 1500 2WD with 5.3 and it has a great upper end but is lacking a little on the lower end. I think the 4.11's would fix that, but I don't really want to sacrifice MPGs.
Any objective, real world help would be very much appreciated!
Again, thanks.
-Ed