Re: DML BBQ: Oh the humanity!

From: Dakota Dodge (dakotasdodge@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jul 10 2002 - 00:48:41 EDT


Yaa...Ive been looking at the site as well. It IS very tempting. I just
dont know. The Trans and/or the axles will be the next upgrade and well..i
just dont know anymore.

Time will eventually resolve it all.

-Dakota
http://dakota.4mg.com

>On Tue, 09 Jul 2002 13:21:04 -0400, jon wrote:
>
> > That's true - it seems like you'd take a bigger hit than $1800 if you
> > were to sell and buy another.
>
>Especially with a broken T-case, I'd gues you'd be pretty lucky to get
>enough out of it to make it worthwhile.
>
> > Jason, isn't the Atlas II several orders of magnatude stronger than the
> > stocker?
>
>According to their advertising it is. I've read some really good reviews
>of it as well. From the pictures I've seen it looks incredibly beefy.
>Uses helical cut gears instead of a chain. One piece external case. And
>so on. There's a huge amount of info on the net about them, just do a
>Google search for "Atlas transfer case".
>
>I checked a bit more on their site, and you can get it in low range
>ratios of 3.8:1, 4.3:1 and now 3.03:1 for people who don't need ultra low
>tractor gears :-). Another cool thing is it has two shifters like that
>Willy's, so you can get 2wd low range (front or rear wheel drive). Or
>even front wheel high range, if you want (don't know why, but it's there).
>
>Personally, I think the low range T-case is a better solution than
>lowering the axle ratios when you put huge tires on. With the low gears
>in the case, you get awesome trail performance, and you can still drive
>it on the highway in high range just like before. Just my opinion.
>
> > So anyway, I imagine you'd be looking at $2500 in parts for the
> > Atlas II swap, then there's the matter of labor, unless of course you
> > were to do it yourself. So I guess its closer to a $1000 difference but
> > may still be worth looking at...
>
>Apart from the driveshafts, I would think the labor would be almost the
>same as the labor to put a new 231 in. Although I've never called a shop
>and asked.
>
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>------------------------------------------------
>Jason Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Toronto, Ontario
>his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white
>hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black

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