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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 12:29 PM
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I'll take your word for it.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 01:36 PM
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sounds to me cheaper way and maybe the safer, would be a 5-6in lift( spring..ect) with a 2-3 in body lift and 2500 axles to play it safe

my .02
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 02:03 PM
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Yep the 2500 would be a trail truck.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by nathangfnd
i have a 5 inch lift on my truck, 35 inch tires and as far as i know it has stock gears. possibly 3.92 idk. but i can spin my 35s easily.
That's a video I'd like to see, but I doubt I ever will.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 02:44 PM
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I have 3:55's with 285 tires, and the only time they spin is when I go over one of those wide white stripes leaving a stop sign when it's raining or when we have an ice storm! LOL
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 04:32 PM
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Lmao my 2wd with 3:55s and my old 285s would spin like crazy on dry roads. Without touchin the brake pedal I could leave a huge cloud of dust. Now with my smaller tires I can barely even squeal em >.<
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 04:34 PM
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Then I'd say we both have engine or trans problems! LOL
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Trey318
Lmao my 2wd with 3:55s and my old 285s would spin like crazy on dry roads. Without touchin the brake pedal I could leave a huge cloud of dust. Now with my smaller tires I can barely even squeal em >.<
Unlike Nathan's, your truck is 2WD. A lot of power is lost going through the transfer case. Do you also have the LSD option? Breaking one tire loose is a lot easier.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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Thats true. And nah the owner said he had swapped in an LSD with 3:73 gears but when we had the diff out, the rearend had a 3:55 label and there were no clutches in the diff.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 07:52 PM
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Thanks, I am looking for Dana 60s, I wanted to do that swap in the first place, now I have a reason, .
 
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