Erika,
If I remember correctly, you are in Maryland right? Are you planning on going to
Carlisle on June23-25?
-Mike Brown
Pasadena, MD
97 -Sport
Club Cab 318
4WD
http://www.geocities.com/mbrowwwn/index.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Erika Ipes [mailto:msbavior@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 4:19 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Lift/Gears...?
lol, never mind
>From: "Kyle Kozubal" <grndak4x4@home.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Subject: DML: Re: Lift/Gears...?
>Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:00:24 -0500
>
> > 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,
>First off, what is your front axle? I thought it was sometype of Dana35C
>Hybrid, yes/no? If you do indeed have a Dana35 front end, you can swap in
>4.10s or even 4.56s. Secondly, are you sure you have a 8 1/4 rear diff?? I
>thought GenIII V8 Daks have 9 1/4" rear diffs. Either way, I am positive
>you
>can go with numerically higher gears in both diffs, granted you have a 35
>front axle. Find out for sure what axles you have first and then call the
>better gear shops, they will be able to tell you what gears are available
>along with prices. Try some of these for starters:
>http://www.drivetrainspecialists.com/
>http://www.natldrivetrain.com/
>http://www.drivetraindirect.com/
>http://www.sixstates.com/
>http://www.differentials.com/
>
>Good Luck!!
>Kyle
>93 Dakota 4x4 V6
>
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