Re: Lift/Gears...?

From: Erika Ipes (msbavior@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Apr 03 2000 - 16:16:26 EDT


Kinda off topic.... but can you send me a pic of your truck with all your
new mods? Thanks!

Erika

>From: "Brown, Mike (CAD)" <MBrown@ciena.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: "'Dakota Mailing List'" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Subject: DML: Lift/Gears...?
>Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:15:58 -0400
>
>DML,
>
> Okay...I now have a 3" body lift & 3" (Rancho) suspension lift, I also
>swapped out the rear leaf spring 2" blocks for 3" blocks
>and cranked up my torsion bars about an inch. This now gives my a total of
>7" of lift. I bought 33"x12.50" BF Goodrich All Terrain's, but I
>know I can squeeze 35"x12.50"s. (if I crank up the torsion bars another
>inch and add 4" blocks instead of 3" for the rear)
>I was told I can't change my gears front gears because they were "maxed
>out". I have a 97 Club Cab Sport 4X4 with the 318. The current gears
>are 3:92 with 8-1/4" rear. (That is the reason I decided for the 33"s.)
>Is this really true that the front is maxed out? I am not a mechanic,
>but I would think that if I can upgrade the rear gears with no problem, I
>should be able to upgrade the front as well? The mechanic who
>told me this said I needed a 99 Durango front differential/axle from in
>order to change the gears....
>Is anyone running 35"s on a 97?
>
>-Mike Brown
>Pasadena, MD
>97 -Sport
>Club Cab 318
>4WD
>
>http://www.geocities.com/mbrowwwn/index.html
>
>

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