[hat_man]

Thanks arcosine.

I guess I should have been a bit clearer. I'm not trying to get all my gains from the gear swap. 35 mpg is my total goal for now. Once I hit that I'll start investigating larger projects. I've got a few other ideas on the project table now to help. Right now the rear end is a 3.73 so a switch to 3.55 isn't big by any means. I would have loved to find a 3.45 but they are only in the older Rangers that have the cable driven speedometers. Having to stay with the VSS type, it seems the 3.55 is as low as I can go. I wish I could afford having the just the gears changed, but it's almost $1k. I can find a good rear end for $150 and swap it with a friend for a case of beer and a couple of pizzas. Now if there was an easy way to swap in a 3.27 from an Explorer or a 3.31 from a Mustang that might be a different story.