[hat_man]

Hello everyone. Long time no see lol.

I had to retire the old Ranger at just shy of 300k miles. Loved that truck but it was having too many expensive problems. I only paid $4,000 for it and drove it for 10 years, it didn't owe me a dime.

I now have a 2003 Ford Ranger 2.3l Duratech with 3:73 gears. My drive is the same about a hundred and twenty-five miles a day and I don't tow anything. I'm thinking about changing the gears in the rear end to either a 3:55 or 3:45. It looks like both are options for the 7.5 open rear end. (Axle codes 85 and 84 respectively)

Would I be giving up too much passing power with the 3:45 (not that a little 2.3 has any real power LOL) ? I'm leaning towards the 3:55.

I know it's not a huge difference between those two and 3:73 that's in there now. Any thoughts or advice?

Thanks.