35s on a 2017 ram 1500

[Jake12213]

whats up guys. I’m new here and have a couple questions. I have a 2017 ram 1500 big horn. It is a 3.6 (couldn’t justify spending another 6k for the Hemi when I don’t tow) and I was looking at doing a 3 inch lift and 35s. I believe the stock gearing is 3.21. Does anyone have any recommendations on which ratio to go with? Or would it be okay to leave the stock gearing for a little while. I don’t tow at all. Most I do is go out on the dirt roads in the desert. My thought was that say the wheels and tires adds and extra 150 pounds to the truck, and the trucks tow rating is at 6000 pounds I believe. How cold that little extra bit of weight hurt? Anyways. Would love to hear back. Let’s try not to roast me on the pavement princess thing haha. Thanks. Also the truck comes stock with 32.5s and 20s. I know the acceleration will be dogged by not rehearing. But is it really that harsh on the driveline. Jeep guys do it all the time.

 

[ram1500rsm]

“Some” Jeep guys doi it all the time, but that doesn’t mean it’s rigth, and a Wrangler, even the 4 door is lighter than a 4 door RAM truck, in any case, same Jeep dudes who think is ok can tell you the day/night difference gears will make, I ran 35’s in my 13 JKU for about a couple of weeks before I did regear to 4.56, your motor/trans won’t explode because of the 35’s and3.21’s, but she’ll have to work out to move the setup going uphill or accelerating quickly anywhere.

I’ll say do it and see for yourself, you can always regear and gain back what you loose with the heavier 35’s. If you have the 8 speed trans, You have much nicer trans gear ratios, so the experience won’t be as bad as you may think, but only you can tell if you can live with it or not, Don’t fear the gears though, the difference they will make if you add the right ratio is 100% noticeable.

 

[AustinHarmon]

“Some” Jeep guys doi it all the time, but that doesn’t mean it’s rigth, and a Wrangler, even the 4 door is lighter than a 4 door RAM truck, in any case, same Jeep dudes who think is ok can tell you the day/night difference gears will make, I ran 35’s in my 13 JKU for about a couple of weeks before I did regear to 4.56, your motor/trans won’t explode because of the 35’s and3.21’s, but she’ll have to work out to move the setup going uphill or accelerating quickly anywhere.

I’ll say do it and see for yourself, you can always regear and gain back what you loose with the heavier 35’s. If you have the 8 speed trans, You have much nicer trans gear ratios, so the experience won’t be as bad as you may think, but only you can tell if you can live with it or not, Don’t fear the gears though, the difference they will make if you add the right ratio is 100% noticeable.

I agree I had a 2016 jku w/ 3.21s and a 6 speed, lifted it and put the lightest 35s on I could find and it was a absolute pig! Regeared to 4.56s less than a month later and loved it again! Those gears should not be an option in anything tbh, my jeep struggled uphills/headwind with stock 255/75r17s
So I assume a heavier ram is gonna be a pig as well. That’s why I got a hemi with 3.92s lol


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[69GWC]

That 8sp will help help alot but he still will want to look at 3:92s down the road.

 

[G-Ride990]

If I had a 2wd I would have re-geared already. 35s on my stock wheels killed my power and I lost a few MPG. I can still spin them from a standstill but not nearly as much as the OEM tires. Also, at highway speeds my truck seems to hunt between 7th and 8th gear unless I am doing well over the speed limit.

You won't hurt anything running a bigger tire and not regearing though. Maybe wear brakes out a little bit faster is all I can think of.

Pavement princess? With all these fire restrictions in AZ what can you do offroad anyways?

 

[mohemipar]

But remember… Jeeps are a lot lighter than the Ram. Especially older Wranglers. A 5.7 Ram weighs around 5500/5600 with no people in it. So minus around a couple hundred pounds for the V6 and you are still over 5,000 empty. The new JL Wrangler tops out at about 4,400 pounds. Which is still around 1000 less than the V6 Ram. And if you look at older Wranglers, most are stripped down and without gear in them are only weighing in around 3,000 pounds. The overall weight of the vehicle is already going to hurt you. If it were me I would just get a nice set of tires in the factory size. Re-gearing a V6 Ram wouldn’t be worth it. You may as well put that cash toward a down payment on a Hemi truck.