Stock 29" tire (235/75R15), with 3.55 gears, 90.7" is circumference of tire, thus for every turn of the drive shaft, you go forward 25.5" or so.

33" tire, 3.55 gears = 103.7" circ, forward 29.2", about 15% more than stock
33" tire, 4.10 gears = forward 25.3" basically same as stock
33" tire, 4.56 gears = forward 22.7", about 11% less than stock

35"s with 4.10s = 26.8, 5% over stock roughly.

35" tire, 4.56 gears, 110.0" circ, forward 24.1", about 5% less

37" tire, 4.56 gears, 116.2" circ, forward 25.5", identical to stock (within error)

38.5" tire, 4.56 gears, 121.0" circ, forward 26.5", about 4% more than stock

38.5" tire, 4.88 gears, 121.0" circ, forward 24.8", about 3% less than stock.

FYI, for those who are thinking they can run a 35" tire with 3.55 gears...

35" tire, 3.55 gears, 110.0" circ, forward 31", about 22% more than stock. That means that your motor is working (and your clutch or torque converter) quite a bit harder to move your truck. That's why it dogs so bad.

If it falls "under" your motor does not have to work as hard to turn the tires, but it does it at a higher RPM. This means that as you go more "under" you lose top end. If it's "over" you'll have a higher top end, but less grunt.

Just an option for some tire swaps rather than changing ring and pinion if you have a c-6 tranny there is wide ratio gear set availabe that can be installed it changes the low and intermediate gear ratios. While you do have to remove the tranny there is no special setup required and will increase the horsepower and torque capacity of the C-6. Ford Racing P#M-7398F Unfortunately this is only for those of you with the C-6 Just thought this might be helpful.

This needs to be a STICKY
It helped me deside what to lay in my axles